Combine (enterprise)

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Combine ({{langx|ru|Комбинат|Kombinat}}) 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.{{Cite book |last=Russo |first=Alessandro |title=Afterlives of Chinese Communism: Political Concepts from Mao to Xi |date=2019 |publisher=Australian National University Press |isbn=9781760462499 |editor-last=Sorace |editor-first=Christian |location=Acton, Australia |chapter=Class Struggle |editor-last2=Franceschini |editor-first2=Ivan |editor-last3=Loubere |editor-first3=Nicholas}}{{Rp|page=32}}

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