caa a22 4500 467994099 CHVBK 20180323112553.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00401626 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00401626 Bannasch Hans-Gerd Institut für Industrie-Management, Berlin, Germany aut The role of small firms in East Germany [Elektronische Daten] [Hans-Gerd Bannasch] This paper examines the role which small firms in East Germany have played under the system of combines and the important contribution they can make in the current reform process. The evolution of a striking trend towards the centralization of economic power in the GDR during the last three decades is documented. Not only has the share of economic activity accounted for by the combines greatly increased, but the number of establishments, and particularly small establishments, has drastically decreased. It is concluded that the establishment of a vital entrepreneurial sector is essential if East Germany is to succeed in its process of economic reform and the transition to the market economy. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Small Business Economics Kluwer Academic Publishers 2/4(1990-12-01), 307-311 0921-898X 2:4<307 1990 2 11187 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401626 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401626 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bannasch Hans-Gerd Institut für Industrie-Management, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Small Business Economics Kluwer Academic Publishers 2/4(1990-12-01), 307-311 0921-898X 2:4<307 1990 2 11187 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer