Combine (enterprise)

Combine is a term for industrial business groups, conglomerates or trusts in the former socialist countries. Examples include VEB Kombinat Robotron, an electronics manufacturer, and IFA, a manufacturer of vehicles, both in East Germany, and the Erdenet copper combine in Mongolia.

Influence

The model of the kombinat was an influence on the development of the Chinese danwei.[1]

See also

References

  1. Alessandro Russo. Afterlives of Chinese Communism: Political Concepts from Mao to Xi Australian National University Press, 2019^