According to dr. christian wentz, the organizational structure of many large innovative companies (Toyota, Procter & Gamble, GE, 3M, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Son

According to dr. christian wentz, the organizational structure of many large innovative companies (Toyota, Procter & Gamble, GE, 3M, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Sony, Hewlett-Packard, DuPont, Honeywell and Whirlpool) , followed certain rules: [1] 1. Delegation of Decisions to Innovation Teams 2. Integration of R&D into the Business Units 3. Co-Location of Teams and Departments 4. Central Innovation Teams 5. Central Innovation Funds 7. Merger & Acquisition Department Google's recent move is just options 1,2 in this list. nothing special , just a common practice in their situation. [1]: http://www.the-innovation-machine.com/?p=83 http://www.the-innovation-machine.com/?p=83