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Article: France: Europe's R&D Focal Point.
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- R & D
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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"If advances in technology create the jobs of tomorrow, it is research that will create the jobs of the day after tomorrow," states a recent EU Commission study. France, for one, maintains a rich tradition of promoting discovery, which translates into a prominent position in attracting international research operations.
After careful consideration of several European sites, California-based Sun Microsystems announced last November that it is expanding its operations in Grenoble, where the company will also establish the first-ever Sun Laboratories outside of the U.S. Also in 1999, Nortel Networks selected the Paris area to consolidate its current five French R&D ...