German Yearbook on Business History 1987

German Yearbook on Business History 1987

German Yearbook on Business History 1987 Edited by the German Society for Business History, Cologne In Cooperation with the Institute for Bank-Historical Research, Frankfurt/Main Editors: Hans Pohl (Editor in Charge) and Bernd Rudolph Editorial Staff: Beate Bruninghaus, Monika Pohle and Manfred Poh! Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo

Editors Prof. Dr. HANS POHL (Editor in Charge) Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitiit, Historisches Seminar, Abt. Verfassungs-, Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, KonviktstraBe 11, D-5300 Bonn I Prof. Dr. BERND RUDOLPH Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitiit, Lehrstuhl fur Kreditwirtschaft und Finanzierung, MertonstraBe 17-25, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main Editorial Staff BEATE BRUNINGHAUS M.A. Manager of the German Society for Business History, Bonner Str. 211, D-5000 K61n 51 MONIKA POHLE M. A. Manager of the Institute for Bank-Historical Research, Goetheplatz 9, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main I Dr. MANFRED POHL Manager of the Central Archive of Deutsche Bank AG, Taunusanlage 12, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 1 Letters are to be addressed to Monika Pohle M.A., Manager of the Institute for Bank Historical Research, Goetheplatz 9, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 1 Editorial Board Prof. Dr. KARL ERICH BORN, Eberhard-Karls-Universitat, TUbingen Prof. Dr. ALFRED D. CHANDLER, Harvard University, Boston, Mass. Prof. Dr. GERALD D. FELDMAN, University of California, Berkeley Prof. Dr. MAURICE LEVY-LEBOYER, Universite Paris-Nanterre Prof. Dr. PETER MATHIAS, All Souls College, Oxford Prof. Dr. KEIICHIRO NAKAGAWA, University of Tokyo Prof. Dr. Dr. phil. h. C. WILHELM TREUE, Gottingen Prof. Dr. HERMAN VAN DER WEE, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Advertisements' Management by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN -13 : 978-3-642-73932-3 e-isbn -13 : 978-3-642-73930-9 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-73930-9 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in other ways, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is only permitted under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its version of June 24, 1985, and a copyright fee must always be paid. Violations fall under the prosecution act of the German Copyright Law. C Gesellschaft fur Unternehmensgeschichte e. V., Koln 1988 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1988 The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trade marks, etc. in this publication, even if the former are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used free by anyone. 2142/7130-543210

Table of Contents Practical Comer The Evolution of the Exchange Rate from "Sacrosanct" Parity to Flexible Monetary Policy Instrument Otmar Emminger t... I Historical Studies The Society for Business History: A Decade of Work Hans Pohl... 17 The Bankers Simon and Abraham Oppenheim 1812-1880. The Private Background to Their Professional Activity, their Role in Politics and Ennoblement Wilhelm Treue... 41 Russian Business in the Bruning Era Hans-Werner Niemann... 77 Reviews of Literature A Review of the New Literature on Business History Beate Bruninghaus... 95 A Review of the New Literature on Banking History Monika Pohle... 121 Reports on Conferences Technical Reconstruction After 1945 Manfred Mai... 131 The Medium Scale Enterprises and the Labour Market. Do the Medium Scale Enterprises Solve the Employment Problems of the German Economy? Beate Bruninghaus... 135

VI Table of Contents Innovations and Changes in the Employment Structure in Banking Monika Pohle........................................... 137 The Development of Savings Banks to Full-Service Credit Institutes Jiirgen Mura... 139 Credit Institutions and Securities Markets Monika Pohle........................................... 143 The Influences of Motorisation on the Transport Industry from 1886 to 1986 Stephanie Habeth-Allhorn... 145 Symposium on the Economic Development and Economic History of the Euregio Maas-Rhein Immo Zapp... 149

List of Contributors and Translators Contributors Beate Briininghaus M.A. Geschaftsflihrerin der Gesellschaft flir Unternehmensgeschichte e. V. Bonner Str. 211, 0-5000 KOln 51 Dr. Otmar Emminger t Stephanie Habeth-Allhorn Am Domplatz 27, 0-5305 Alfter Manfred Mai Verein Deutscher Ingenieure Graf-Recke-Str. 84,0-4000 Dusseldorf 1 Dr. Jurgen Mura Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband Sparkassenhistorisches Dokumentationszentrum Simrockstr. 4, 0-5300 Bonn 1 Professor Dr. Hans-Werner Niemann Blumenstr. 33, 0-2900 Oldenburg Professor Dr. Hans Pohl Historisches Seminar Abt. Verfassungs-, Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Konviktstr. 11, 0-5300 Bonn Monika Pohle M.A. Geschaftsflihrung, Institut flir bankhistorische Forschung e. V. Goetheplatz 9,0-6000 Frankfurt am Main Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Wilhelm Treue Otto-Wallach-Weg 13, 0-3400 Gottingen

VIII List of Contributors and Translators Dr. Immo Zapp Hochschule Aachen Templergraben 55, D-5100 Aachen Translators Stuart Christie Deutsche Bank AG, Zentrale Internationale Abt. Taunusanlage 12, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main (article by Otmar Emminger t) A. Llewellyn Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank AG Theatinerstr. 11, D-8000 Miinchen 2 (report by Monika Pohle) Eileen Martin 19 Evelyn Gardens, GB-Richmond Surrey TW9 2PL (articles by Hans-Werner Niemann, Hans Pohl, Wilhelm Treue, reviews by Beate Briininghaus and Monika Pohle) Ingrid Scheben Akazienstr. 9, D-5357 Swisttal (report by Jiirgen Mura) Carol Trevor 72 Talbot Road, Highgate, GB-London N6 4RA (reports by Beate Briininghaus, Stephanie Habeth-Allhorn and Immo Zapp) Anne Wegner Fischenicher Str. 28, D-5000 Koln 51 (report by Manfred Mai)