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Business Products and Services Research and Development Research and Development:
Investment in Cutting-Edge Innovation
In 2006, SAP invested €1.3 billion in developing the tools
and technologies of tomorrow to enable rapid response
to change, opportunities, and threats with flexible business
processes and adaptive business models. SAP’s global
research and development network – consisting of SAP
Research Centers and SAP Labs – pioneers innovative
projects throughout the world, while SAP invests in companies
that are building new solutions on the SAP NetWeaver
platform that add greater value to the business of our
customers. And within SAP, we work to realize promising
new internal ideas with exceptional business value.
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
SYSTEMATIC THOUGHT LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATIVE BUSINESS