the context of globalization, identify a difference between the research and development (R&D) trend in the United States when compared with other nations of the world . Unlike in Asian countriesR&D spending in the United States is proportional to the increase in the countriesgross domestic product (GDP). In the United States, nearly 70 percent of R& D is funded by the government . Unlike in other countries, in the United States, private nonprofit donors are not allowed to invest in R&D Unlike Japan, the United States represents less than 26 percent of global spending on R&D