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.