Question: Apple Microsoft Alibaba BAIDU 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 2

Apple Microsoft Alibaba BAIDU
20192020201920202019202020192020
R&D/Revenue 6%7%13.45%13.28%10%8.9%17%18%
Buyback/Revenue 26%26%15%16%4%0%5%12.5%
The table above reports R&D expenditure/Revenue and Buyback/Revenue for Apple, Microsoft, Alibaba (Chinese company similar to Amazon), and BAIDU (Chinese company providing a search engine). Based on the limited information, you can say:
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The US corporations tend to reward investors and their executives compared to Chinese companies.
Chinese corporations focus on stock repurchase.
The US corporations focus on R&D rather than stock repurchase.

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