起源于欧洲的大企业，日本定名为企业集团，对其概 念和定义的表述，日本有代表性的观点有四种。 其一，企业集团是以各成员企业在技术及其它经 济机能上相互补充为目的，以成员自主为前提，在对 等互利的原则下结成的长期经营结合形态或经营协作 制度。（日本经济学家山田一郎 Japan, a large enterprise that originated in Europe, is named a conglomerate. There are four representative views of Japan regarding the formulation of its concepts and definitions. First, an enterprise group is a long-term operation combined with a form or operation and coordination system based on the principle of reciprocity and mutual benefit with the objective of complementarity of members and enterprises in terms of technology and other economic functions. (Japanese economist Ichiro Yamada