Lietuvos verslo grupių formavimosi veiksnių vertinimas

Abstract

The present dissertation is addressed to the problem formulated in the purpose of the study – the method for evaluation of factors, influencing the formation of business groups in Lithuania. Part I of the dissertation examines the differences in concepts of corporate group and business group. The paper theoretically substantiates the internal factors, influencing the formation of business groups in the context of systems’ theory. Part II of the dissertation summarizes the studies and surveys in the area of formation of integrated diversified business structures, and substantiates the created methodology for an evaluation of factors influencing the formation of business groups in Lithuania under the context of self-organization of complex adaptive autopoetic systems. Part III of the dissertation provides a review of formation of main Lithuanian business groups and summarizes the results of the expert survey performed using two different scales of evaluation. Factors, influencing the formation of Lithuanian business groups are ranked by priority, using both classical and balanced scales. The dissertation is completed with the conclusions and recommendations for government in order to minimize the negative impact of business groups on Lithuanian business system, the list of references and the Annexes.