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From November 24 to 28, 1952, the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization met in its 120th session in Geneva, under the chairmanship of Fernando Cisternas (Chile). The Governing Body decided that the thirty-seventh session of the International Labor Conference, to be held in Geneva, should open on June 4, 1954. After long discussion on proposals relating to the agenda of this session, the Governing Body decided to add the following to those items necessarily included: a) technical assistance, b) penal sanctions for breaches of contract of employment, c) migrant workers (underdeveloped countries), and d) vocational rehabilitation of the disabled. It was agreed that the next Asian regional conference should be held in Japan in September 1953 and that its agenda should include problems of wage policies and workers' housing in Asia and measures for protection of young workers in Asia. Regarding other meetings, the Governing Body instructed the tripartite subcommittee of the Joint Maritime Commission, which was to meet in 1953, to consider the need for a tripartite regional conference on hours of work and manning in the short-sea trades of northwest Europe and a resolution under which the United Nations Economic and Social Council would be invited to study the possibility of establishing machinery to regulate freight rates for shipping in this region; decided that a meeting of experts should be held in July 1953 to examine systems of payment by results in the construction industry and the techniques involved in their introduction and operation; fixed the agenda for the fourth session of the Permanent Agriculture Committee, to be convened in May 1953 in Geneva; and authorized the Director-General (Morse) to convene the eighth international conference of labor statisticians early in 1954 in Geneva, the conference to be preceded by a preliminary meeting of statistical experts in 1953 in order to define the scope of the conference's agenda.

Der Verfasser zeigt, dass für die vielfach behauptete Professionalisierung der Internationalen Beziehungen (IB) die konsequente Theorieorientierung entscheidend war, dass sich damit allerdings ein bestimmtes Theorieverständnis durchsetzte, das zu einer problematischen Grenzziehung zwischen professioneller und nicht-professioneller Forschung führte. Weiter wird gezeigt, dass die Emanzipation von US-amerikanischen Paradigmen über eine Differenzierung der Theorieentwicklung stattfand, die es den deutschen IB erlaubte, eigenständige Akzente zu setzen, dass aber gleichzeitig die Gefahr einer theoretischen Engführung entstand. Drittes wird gezeigt, wie gegenwärtig die Governance-Forschung zwar als thematischer Fokus dient und vielfältige interdisziplinäre Anknüpfungspunkte bietet, dass aber gleichzeitig der Charakter der IB als Subdisziplin der Politikwissenschaft problematisch wird. (ICE2)

"Im Gegensatz zur vorherrschenden Meinung ist Kapital immer noch überraschend wenig mobil. Eine globale Strategie von Kapitalanlegern zeichnet sich am ehesten bei den ausländischen Direktinvestitionen ab - eine gute Nachricht für die Entwicklungsländer, weil Direktinvestitionen weniger krisenanfällig sind als andere Formen des grenzüberschreitenden Kapitalverkehrs. Die gängige These, dass die internationalen Finanzmärkte selbst dort Krisen heraufbeschwören, wo die nationale Wirtschaftspolitik solide und der heimische Finanzsektor funktionsfähig ist, lässt sich nicht halten. Für die Entwicklungsländer lautet die Herausforderung, sich gegenüber Kaptialzuflüssen so zu öffnen, dass die Gefahr von Finanzkrisen begrenzt wird. Auf multilateraler Ebene wäre die Funktionsfähigkeit der Finanzmärkte durch einen adäquaten Ordnungsrahmen zu verbessern. Die Aussichten auf eine solche Reform stehen allerdings schlecht." (Autorenreferat)

The 45th session of the International Labor Conference was held in Geneva from June 7 to 29, 1961, under the presidency of Mr. M. A. Raschid (government delegate and Minister of Industry, Mines, and Labor, Burma). The Conference was attended by over a thousand delegates, observers, and advisers from 94 member countries and four territories, including the ministers of labor from 42 of these countries.

It was reported on March 16, 1958, that the government of the Netherlands had informed the International Monetary Fund that it no longer required its $68,750,000 stand-by arrangement, in view of the improved reserve position of the Netherlands Bank. Accordingly, the arrangement, which was to have continued for one year from September 12, 1957, was cancelled as of the close of business on March 11.

A new exchange office was established in March by the International Monetary Fund to keep track of all new exchange restrictions imposed by member countries and to record changes in currency regulations. The office had no policing powers but was to remain in constant touch with officials in all member countries and to maintain files for consultation by bankers, foreign traders and others interested in foreign currency regulations.

In March 1949 it was announced that Ethiopia and the Union of South Africa had ratified the International Telecommunication Convention. The convention had also been ratified by the Byelorussian SSR and the Ukrainian SSR but with reservations on article 18. The Argentine Republic approved the documents signed at the Administrative Radio Conference, Atlantic City, 1947, and authorized their administrative application from January 1, 1949.

In June 1948 the International Monetary Fund reported that its activities during the preceding nine months had been focused on offering temporary financial assistance to its members for monetary stabilization operations and on consultation on exchange problems. The Fund had prepared several special studies for member nations and had sent missions of technical advice and expert assistance to a number of countries.

"This paper analyzes the effects of mergers around the world over the past 15 years. We utilize a large panel of data on mergers to test several hypotheses about mergers. The effects of the mergers are examined by comparing the performance of the merging firms with control groups of nonmerging firms. The comparisons are made on profitability and sales. The results show that mergers on average do result in significant increases in profits, but reduce the sales of the merging firms. Interestingly, these post merger patterns look similar across countries. We also did not find dramatic differences between mergers in the manufacturing and the service sectors, and between domestic and cross-border mergers. Conglomerate mergers decrease sales more than horizontal mergers. By separating mergers into those that increase profits and those that reduce them and by then examining the patterns of sales changes following the mergers, we determine the effects of mergers on efficiency and market power. Our results suggest that those mergers that decrease profits and efficiency account for a large proportion. However, we can also identify mergers that increase profits by either increasing market power or by increasing efficiency. The first conclusion seems to be a more likely explanation for large companies, whereas the latter is likely to be true for small firms." (author's abstract)