Abstract
In this paper, we discussed "Joint Research Chair", which is one type of organizational industry-university collaborations. We have been involved in the operation of the Joint Research Chair of Osaka University since the early period. Based on the approach to it, we analyzed its features and achievements from the corporate side. Characteristic features of Joint Research Chair were classified into three functions; "the field for validation of the social implementation of university seeds", "the field of human resource development and exchange with the aid of human networks" and "the field in the university where fundamental technologies are maintained and developed". The first and second functions have been implemented in our previous joint research, and further advanced in the Joint Research Chair. The third function has been regarded important but not realized. We found, if industry-university collaborations share the same place, advanced achievements contributing to industries arise and activities become vigorous even in traditional technology areas.
