KingStan

Hello, I'm new to this forum, but not new to the SC series as I played since the first SC. But since this SC I'have ran into a lot of problems and frustration. I'm hoping to solve several problems by reading the forum, but I ran into a problem which I can't find an answer to. I'm playing a region with a friend. I was visiting his town and I clicked on his university, I noticed that his previous research was finished and he was able to start a new research. Just for fun I selected a new research and also clicked "Start research" as I tought it was not possible. But what happend? A new research was started and it costed him his money. He was not amused (As I can imagine) because his money was almost completely gone! Is this supposed to happen? Is it normal that someone else can start a research in your or other peoples cities? And if yes, why??? If you don't like your neighbour you can bankrupt your neighbour... Rgds