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Restrictions on technology research and development

Name(s): 
Obstruction of new product research
Nature 
Restricting the acquiring party either in undertaking research and development directed to absorb and adapt the transferred technology to local conditions or in initiating research and development programmes in connection with new products, processes or equipment.
Broader 
Restrictive business practices
Narrower 
Gap between industry and the universities
Inadequate capacity for technology assessment
Related 
Collusive tendering
Grant-back provisions
Exclusive dealing arrangements
Restrictions on use of personnel
Restrictions on technology adaptations
Restrictive cross-licensing agreements
Restrictive business practices relating to publicity
Trade restrictions due to voluntary export restraints
Tying of supplies to subsidiaries by transnational enterprises
Restrictive business practices limiting challenges to validity
Exclusive sales and representation agreements in transfer of technology
Imposition of payment obligations after expiration of industrial property rights
This problem is a member of 5 aggravating loops
Aggravates 
Over-specialization in technology [in 5 loops]
Aggravated by 
Resistance to new methods
Inadequate research and development capacity
Strategy(ies) 
Enhancing scientific and technological research
Obstructing product research
Restricting technology research and development
Type 
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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