Decisions are made by members of the firm only. This precludes specific outside influences such as those of capital suppliers, planning authorities, etc., but not general constraints such as non-discriminatory economic laws, economic policy, taxation, etc. Vanek insists that this control aspect is the most important feature of LM, distinguishing LM from both market capitalism and state capitalism. The exact democratic organization of the firm, its decision-making processes and controls, of course, cannot be stipulated in advance for all possible contexts except for some very basic rules.