This article introduces the problematic situation of the great German banks and some non-German banks during the so-called second globalization since the 1970s. It formulates the questions that should be answered in the following contributions, each for a particular bank or group of banks. The...

Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Vorwort des Herausgebers -- Einleitung -- I. Aufbau und Struktur der Bank in der NS-Zeit -- II. Der Ordnungsrahmen -- III. Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat 1931-1945 -- IV. Die Nationalsozialisten im Betrieb -- V. Geschäftsentwicklung, unternehmerisches Verhalten und...

German mortgage banks based on stock, more frequently founded from the early 1860s, used the traditional Pfandbrief system to cope with the growing tasks of urban and housing construction. Its safety for both creditors as well as debtors of real estate financing depended not least on a clear...

The article examines the genesis, perception and handling of the staffing and governance problems of Deutsche Bank, which stemmed from its entry into international investment banking in the mid-1980s and which have remained virulent into the bank's recent past. Why was it not possible to prevent...