  Young, massive star clusters are the most notable and significant end
products of violent star-forming episodes triggered by galaxy collisions,
mergers, and close encounters. The question remains, however, whether or not at
least a fraction of the compact YMCs seen in abundance in extragalactic
starbursts, are potentially the progenitors of globular cluster (GC)-type
objects. However, because of the lack of a statistically significant sample of
similar nearby objects we need to resort to either statistical arguments or to
the painstaking approach of case by case studies of individual objects in more
distant galaxies. Despite the difficulties inherent to addressing this issue
conclusively, an ever increasing body of observational evidence lends support
to the scenario that GCs, which were once thought to be the oldest building
blocks of galaxies, are still forming today.
