Developing process models of complex business structures

Increasing globalization requires the search for new solutions to form and manage enterprises. One of a possible approaches is creating business groups with different types of cooperation. The analysis of European Union law and Polish law carried out in the article speaks in favor of creating business groups with the principle of vertical cooperation. Achieving the strategic goals of the individual members of the group requires a flexible and adequate model of cooperation. One such solution is developing business process models. The main goal of the paper is presents principles of creating such models for both individual and cooperating companies using the IDEF methodology.