Analysis of the factors affecting the implementation of partnership in Engineering Consulting Enterprises

Partnership is the commonly used form of foreign consulting company. In this paper, through literature research, 25 factors that impact the implementation of partnership in China were been summarized. Then based on the questionnaire survey, and using the method of principal component analysis, five critical factors had been grouped. These are namely, the structure of partnership, national and industry policy for partnership implement, the adaptability of the partnership culture, enterprise system innovation, and partnership cognition by community. Then the study provides insights into the five clusters.