Importance of unified control for a holding groups motives fulfillment

The article focuses on forming of holding groups and unified economic control in the frame of them. The globalization of markets leads to a need for bigger and stronger companies. Therefore, we can talk about dramatic increases in the frequency and volume of corporate groups. The most important reason for these combinations is to acquire advantages, which can have economic and noneconomic character. Another important is the limitation or elimination of competitive influences. [1] A holding group as a form of corporate group is a reality, which can go behind the borders of the European Union nowadays. Although, holding groups have been in advanced industrial countries for more than several decades, this type of structure has a relatively brief history in Slovakia. Also the theoretical background of this issue is, in Slovak literature, relatively poor.