Combine (enterprise)

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Combine (Russian: Комбинат, romanized: 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.^[1]^: 32

^ Russo, Alessandro (2019). "Class Struggle". In Sorace, Christian; Franceschini, Ivan; Loubere, Nicholas (eds.). Afterlives of Chinese Communism: Political Concepts from Mao to Xi. Acton, Australia: Australian National University Press. ISBN 9781760462499.

Комбiнат at a dictionary of the Ukrainian language^{[permanent dead link]} (in Ukrainian)
Production Association (combine). The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Combine (industry). The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

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Types	Employers' organization Chamber of commerce Inter-professional association Trade association List of food industry trade associations List of industry trade groups in the United States Cooperative federation
Corporate groups	Chaebol (South Korea) Combine (Russia) Concern (Germany) Conglomerate (Anglosphere) Keiretsu (Japan) Xi (China) Zaibatsu (Japan)
Business network	Alignable Bamboo network (Greater China and Southeast Asia) Business alliance Consortium Joint venture Patent pool
Oppositional groups	Trade union Consumer organization
See also	Business networking Cartel Company registers Syndicate