A study of the structure of inter-organization relationships between enterprises

In the logic system of structuralism, any component of the whole does not exist in an isolated form, it exists as a relationship with the others. The nature of the whole is not determined by the external factors, it is determined by the internal inter-dependent relationships of the whole. Therefore, starting from the concept of relationship enables us to hold the relation among every part that composes the whole, and further to hold the over all structure. The paper focuses on the key concept of relationship with the approach of ontology to discuss the inter-organization relationships and to define the practical relationship as organization, that is the inter-organization relationship, and it has further defined the inter-organization relationships between enterprises. The significance of the study lies in its taking inter- relationships between enterprises as organization and makes the research of inter-organization relationships between enterprises into a new field of theory.