Structure Characteristics of Innovation Organization in Service-Enhanced Manufacturing Enterprise

Rapid development of IT enables more professional buyers to put even more pressure on manufacturing enterprise´s margins. Existing literatures recommend the transition from basic product offerings to service-based offerings in order to regain competitiveness in such a context. This requires manufacturing enterprises to change existing innovation organizational structure based on the requirements of network economy. Firstly, this article defined the concept of innovation organization in service-enhanced manufacturing enterprises. Secondly, we proposed a four-dimensional model of the organizational structure for this kind of innovation organization which includes four factors: power centralization, self-management, interdependence and border infiltration. Finally, we analyzed the relationship between innovation performance and organizational characteristics of innovation organization in e-manufacturing enterprises using the method of factor analysis.