The purpose of this paper is a micro-level examination of the role and function of cooperative research centers (CRCs) in entrepreneurial universities from a principal investigator (PI) perspective.,This study uses a qualitative research design and is based on 38 semi-structured interviews with PIs who are publicly funded at the Centre for Research in Medical Devices (CURAM) based in Ireland. CURAM has a multiple mission focus of supporting scientific excellence, industry engagement, educational and public engagement that supports the Irish medical device sector.,The findings reveal that CRCs’ role and function at the micro level constitute a necessary and functional organization architecture that supports PIs who are required to meet multiple scientific, commercialization, educational and public engagement objectives. Specifically, from the micro-level PI perspective, the role and function of CRCs focus on research quality enhancement, brokerage, networks and collaborations, addressing research impact and resource enhancement and appropriation.,This research emphasizes the importance and necessity for the creation of CRCs as part of the entrepreneurial architecture of entrepreneurial universities that provides the necessary appropriate local environmental conditions and enhanced supports to enable micro-level actors to fulfill multiple mission objectives with respect to research excellence, industry, educational and public engagement and impact.,This study contributes to the limited literature on new institutional configurations that support entrepreneurship and addresses recent calls for further research. In taking a micro-level focus, the authors identify the role and function of CRCs from a PI perspective in an entrepreneurial university setting.

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合作研究中心在创业型大学中的作用和功能

本文的目的是从首席研究人员（PI）的角度对企业家大学合作研究中心（CRC）的作用和功能进行微观研究。本研究采用定性研究设计，基于38个半对由爱尔兰医疗设备研究中心（CURAM）公开资助的PI进行结构化采访。CURAM具有支持科学卓越性，行业参与，教育和公众参与的多重任务重点，从而为爱尔兰医疗器械行业提供支持。研究结​​果表明，CRC在微观层面的作用和功能构成了支持PI的必要且功能性组织架构必须满足多个科学，商业化，教育和公众参与目标的人。特别，从微观PI的角度来看，CRC的作用和功能侧重于研究质量的提高，经纪人，网络和合作，以解决研究的影响以及资源的增强和挪用。本研究强调了创建CRC的重要性和必要性。创业型大学的创业体系结构提供了必要的适当当地环境条件，并提供了增强的支持，以使微观角色能够实现与研究卓越性，行业，教育和公众参与以及影响有关的多个使命目标。关于支持企业家精神并满足近期研究需求的新制度配置的文献有限。在微观层面上，