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There currently exists an unprecedented enthusiasm for small business in virtually every country in the world. This applies not only to the developed nations, the so-called market economies, but also within the socialist bloc (Sato 1989). Traditionally there exist two reasons why centrally planned economies usually prefer larger plants and firms to smaller ones: (1) the belief that economies of scale are found in larger firms, and (2) a small number of firms are more conducive to central planning, and party control. Monopoly power will not be questioned since the party itself constitutes a monopoly. These motives prevailed for many years leading to highly centralized economies in Eastern Europe.
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Román, Z. (1990). The Size of the Small-Firm Sector in Hungary. In: Acs, Z.J., Audretsch, D.B. (eds) The Economics of Small Firms. Studies in Industrial Organization, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7854-7_12
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