Practical Corner -- The Evolution of the Exchange Rate from "Sacrosanct" Parity to Flexible Monetary Policy Instrument -- Historical Studies -- The Society for Business History: A Decade of Work -- The Bankers Simon and Abraham Oppenheim 1812-1880. The Private Background to Their Professional Activity, their Role in Politics and Ennoblement -- Russian Business in the Brüning Era -- Reviews of Literature -- A Review of the New Literature on Business History -- A Review of the New Literature on Banking History -- Reports on Conferences -- Technical Reconstruction After 1945 -- The Medium Scale Enterprises and the Labour Market. Do the Medium Scale Enterprises Solve the Employment Problems of the German Economy? -- Innovations and Changes in the Employment Structure in Banking -- The Development of Savings Banks to Full-Service Credit Institutes -- Credit Institutions and Securities Markets -- The Influences of Motorisation on the Transport Industry from 1886 to 1986 -- Symposium on the Economic Development and Economic History of the Euregio Maas-Rhein.