When a Client contracts with a Research Organisation, the Client is buying more than just the services of a specialist. The Client is buying the envionment in which that specialist works. In other words, the Client gets the benefit not only of the specialist but also of the know-how and expertise of the Research Organisation. Thus, the Client gets institutional horsepower as well as the skills of the specialist. Yes indeed, there are, and there always will be, inherent conflicts of inerest when a Client engages a Research Organisation.
Specialisation is one way to achieve growth and prosperity.
You can't hold back progress. There's no turning back the clock. Thus, you have the Research Organisation on the one hand and the Client on the other. In common parlance, these two words are normally linked. I am not trying to play word games but the reader should at least be aware of this distinction.