translate English to French: For example, in a background report prepared for Workshop 1 at the Bologna Conference for Ministers responsible for SMEs and Industry Ministers, which the Italian Government and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) co-organized in Italy on June 14 and 15, 2000, a study by the National Science Foundation of the United States of America (1999) is quoted as saying that total expenditures for industrial Research and Development by SMEs increased by almost three times between 1985 and 1995 in the United States of America, while for the largest firms, the increase was only about 20 %.
(OCDE) et tenue en Italie, les 14 et 15 juin 2000, il est question d’une étude de la National Science Foundation des États-Unis d’Amérique (1999) selon laquelle le montant total des dépenses de recherche et développement industriels des PME a presque triplé entre 1985 et 1995 aux États-Unis d’Amérique, alors que celui des grandes entreprises n’a augmenté que d’environ 20%. L’enquête d’innovation de la Communauté européenne (1993) montre que les PME reconnaissent moins l’importance des brevets que les grandes entreprises.