Joint Research and Development Collaborations Under Competition Law, with a Layman's Economic Viewpoint

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjorn Lundqvist
Author(s):  
M. Miletić ◽  
M. Růžičková ◽  
R. Fukač ◽  
I. Pioro ◽  
W. Peiman

The main goal of the Generation-IV nuclear-energy systems is to address the fundamental research and development issues necessary for establishing the viability of next-generation reactor concepts to meet future needs for clean and reliable energy production. Generation-IV reactor concepts are being developed to use more advanced materials, coolants and higher burn-ups fuels, while keeping a nuclear reactor safe and reliable. One of the six Generation-IV concepts is a SuperCritical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR), which continues the utilization of well-known light-water-reactor technologies. Research Centre Rez Ltd. has taken part in a large European joint-research project dedicated to Generation-IV light-water reactors with objectives to contribute to the fundamental research and development of the SCWRs by designing and building a test facility called “SuperCritical Water Loop (SCWL)”. The main objective of this loop is to serve as an experimental facility for in-core and out-of-core corrosion studies of structural materials, testing and optimization of suitable water chemistry for future SCWRs, studies of water radiolysis at supercritical conditions and nuclear fuels. This paper summarizes the concept of the SCWL, its design, utilization and first results obtained from non-active tests already performed within the supercritical-water conditions.


2019 ◽  
pp. 124-127
Author(s):  
Yu. Kafiyatullina ◽  
E. Panfilova

Innovative activity of domestic organizations continues to remain low: from 2014 to 2016, there was a reduction in the cost of technological innovations, organizations prefer to import foreign equipment in order to increase the innovation component of the products sold. The way out of the situation is to conduct joint research and development projects, according to the results of which Russian organizations will have the rights to advanced development, acquire competitive competences, which will later allow our country to reduce the technological gap. The article analyzes the current state of research and development, innovation activity, the level of development of digital technologies in our country, which allows to outline the range of problems that hinder the effective implementation of joint research and development projects.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 640-642
Author(s):  
Toru Yamamoto ◽  
Kiyokazu Tanaka ◽  
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On April 1, 2018, Hiroshima University instituted the “Joint Research with External Organizations (Private Sector, etc.).” The first project was the “KOBELCO Construction Machinery Dream-Driven Co-Creation Research Center (DDCC Research Center).” This research center has three collaborative research laboratories, and eight joint-research studies are in progress. With the aim of developing a hydraulic excavator that is human-friendly and human-nurturing, the research and development focuses on controls that (i) work as the operator expects and (ii) create value that facilitates growth of the operator. This article gives an overview of how the research center was established and what the research center studies and develops.


Author(s):  
Richard Whish ◽  
David Bailey

This chapter discusses horizontal cooperation agreements between competitors. There may be circumstances in which competitors cooperate with one another in a way that delivers economic benefits, not just for themselves but for consumer welfare as well. After a discussion of joint ventures, the chapter discusses the application of Article 101 to horizontal cooperation agreements. It refers, in particular, to the European Commission’s Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements and discusses, in turn, information exchange, research and development agreements, production agreements, purchasing agreements, commercialisation agreements, standardisation agreements and other cases of permissible horizontal cooperation. It concludes with a brief look at the treatment of horizontal cooperation agreements under UK competition law.


2011 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 348-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shangbin Chen ◽  
Yanming Zhu ◽  
Meng Wang ◽  
Wu Li ◽  
Huaimeng Wang

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