Production association
Production association (Russian: Производственное объединение) was a form of the organization of industry in the Soviet Union. According to the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, it is "a single specialized production and economic complex, which includes factories, plants, research, design, technological, and other organizations that have industrial relations with each other and centralized auxiliary and service production. The production units that make up the association are not separate legal entities". As a rule, it is managed by the management of its core enterprise, with the board of directors of its major enterprises serving as an advisory body.Similar associations existed in other countries under Soviet influence, known under other terms, such as "Kombinat" in Poland and East Germany.