Prerequisites for formation of business groups in separate countries and a Lithuanian case

Abstract

In the article business group conceptions of scientists of different countries are analysed; their characteristic general features are discussed; the peculiarities of the formation of business groups are revealed; the heterogeneity of business groups as a phenomenon as well as of its illustrative definition is shown; Business groups in developing and developed countries are reviewed; positive as well as negative operational result of business groups for a country’s economic, social, and political life is emphasized. Prerequisites for the appearance of business groups are analyzed; the review of the prerequisites of the appearance of business groups in Lithuania is presented.