Soviet enterprises have been permitted, even encouraged, to raise wages.

Children are also the targets of an extraordinary Soviet political enterprise.

"Many Soviet enterprises work on obsolete equipment," one student said.

This, however, was perceived as inappropriate for a Soviet enterprise.

Advertising is expected to come from companies around the world and Soviet enterprises.

For Soviet enterprises, supplies are allocated according to a state plan.

"This is a permanent peculiarity of Soviet enterprises," he said.

So sectoral banks would, for example, provide financial assistance to Soviet enterprises with cash flow problems.

It has become more difficult for Soviet enterprises to raise hard currency.

What explains 1987, a year in which the central plan called for 4.1 percent growth and Soviet enterprise delivered one-eighth of that?