The Samsung group represents the Chaebol archetype. Its success dates back to the end of the Korean War, it has known since a vigorous expansion, brought by both exports and the national market. The progress of exploitation charges was checked, while creating a growing number of jobs and...

[eng] Abstract The French public works industry sprang forth with the rise of the railways. From the 1840s on, major engineering and metal construction firms were formed in France. The rise of Société de Construction des Batignolles was predicated, to a large extent, on constant technological...

[eng] Abstract : In the years from 1840 to 1939, French civil enginnering contractors stood as world leaders for innovation. To meet the demand, on the French market, of customers with exacting requirements - the Roads and bridges department (Administration des Ponts et chaussées), railway...

[eng] Abstract Immediately following the second world-wide clash, need is enormous. If, throughout western Europe, reconstruction is advancing apace, priorities present tremendous differences : rebuilding cities in Great Britain, reconstructing a capacity for production in France. The United...

[eng] A bstract. Currently fully committed as they are, to take on all comers in international competition. French civil engineering contractors are evincing, once more, the thrust they had sustained up to the end of the 1950s. Then as now, such innovation-driven thrust represents, as a whole,...