German Yearbook on Business History 1986
German Yearbook on Business History 1986 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 Briininghaus, Monika Pohle and Manfred Pohl Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo
Editors Prof. Dr. HANS POHL (Editor in Charge) Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat, Historisches Seminar, Abt. Verfassungs-, Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, KonviktstraBe 11, D-5300 Bonn 1 Prof. Dr. BERND RUDOLPH Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, 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 Koln 51 MONIKA POHLE Manager of the Institute for Bank-Historical Research, Goetheplatz 9, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 1 DL 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 Moni/ca Pohle, 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, Tiibingen 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. KEUCHIRO 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: 978-3-642-72855-6 e-isbn-13 :978-3-642-72853-2 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-72853-2 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. Gesellschaft fur Unternehmensgeschichte e. V., Koln 1987 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1987 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 freely by anyone. 2142/3140-543210
Table of Contents A Businessman's Comment The Response of the Energy Industry to Structural Transformation Klaus Liesen..................... 1 Historical Studies The Valet, a Typus of the Court Society. His Entrepreneurial Role Hermann Kellenbenz.......... 13 Wealth Sharing and Capital Formation for Employees of the Robert Bosch Company between 1886 and 1945 Jiirgen Mulert........................ 41 Cooperation between Business and Science in the "Third Reich": The Association for the Promotion of German Industry (Forderergemeinschaft der Deutschen Industrie) of 1942 Hans Pohl......................... 65 "The Worst Banking Practice in the World": Inter-Allied Discussion over American Plans to Reform the German Banking System in 1945/46 Theo Horstmann... 93 Reviews of Literature A Review of the New Literature on Business History Beate Briininghaus... 117 A Review of the New Literature on Banking History Hanne Braun... 141
VI Table of Contents Reports on Conferences From the Gold Standard to the Multi-Reserve-Currency System Hanne Braun... 151 The Public Mandate of the Savings Banks in its Historical Development Jiirgen Mura......................... 153 Communal Enterprises - Past and Present Beate Briininghaus.... 155 The Creation and Development of the Social Market Economy Eva Moser....................... 159 Restrictions to Competition on International Markets Beate Briininghaus... 163
List of Contributors and Translators Contributors Dr. Hanne Braun Saalburgstr. 79 a 0-6380 Bad Homburg Beate Briininghaus M. A. GeschaftsfUhrerin der Gesellschaft fur Untemehmensgeschichte e. V. Bonner Str. 211, 0-5000 Koln 51 Dr. Theo Horstmann Westfiilisches Industriemuseum Grubenweg 5 0-4600 Dortmund 72 Professor Dr. Hermann Kellenbenz Ziegelstr. 29 0-8151 Wamgau Dr. jur. Klaus Liesen Vorstandsvorsitzender Ruhrgas AG Huttropstr. 60 0-4300 Essen 1 Eva Moser Waldfriedhofstr. 13/1 0-8000 Miinchen 70 Dr. Jiirgen Mulert Dechant -Heimbach-Str. 49 0-5300 Bonn 2
VIII List of Contributors and Translators Dr. Jiirgen Mura Sparkassenhistorisches Ookumentationszentrum Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband e. V. Simrockstr. 4 0-5300 Bonn 1 Professor Dr. Hans Pohl Historisches Seminar Abt. Verfassungs-, Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-UniversiUit Konviktstr. 11 0-5300 Bonn 1 Translators Eileen Martin 19 Evelyn Gardens GB-Richmond Surrey TW9 2PL (articles by Hanne Braun, Theo Horstmann and Hans Pohl) Hans-Jiirgen Stellbrink Oipl. Oolmetscher Ruhrgas AG Postfach 103252 0-4300 Essen 1 (article by Klaus Liesen) Carol Trevor 72 Talbot Road Highgate GB-London N64RA (articles by Beate Briininghaus, Eva Moser) Anne Wegner Fischenicher Str. 28 0-5000 Koln 51 (articles by Hermann Kellenbenz, Jiirgen Mulert and Jiirgen Mura)