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La société de construction des Batignolles : des origines à la Première Guerre mondiale (1846-1914) : premiers résultats

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[fre] Résumé L'industrie française des travaux publics est née avec le chemin de fer. À partir des années 1840, se constituent en France d'importantes entreprises de construction mécaniques et métalliques. L'essor de la Société de Construction des Batignolles tenait pour une large part à une innovation technique constante, à la variété de ses activités et à la diffusion mondiale de son savoir-faire. En même temps, il reflétait une histoire originale, liée à celle d'une famille d'entrepreneurs, les Goiiin, qui se succédèrent à la tête de la firme sur trois générations. Dès 1871 en effet, SCB affirma sa vocation internationale, sur les marchés coloniaux et étrangers. Elle fut une entreprise pionnière en matière d'équipements d'infrastructures dans l'Empire français et dans les pays en voie de développement. Elle fournit ainsi le prototype de ces grandes entreprises françaises de travaux publics qui s'imposeront au premier rang mondial au cours du XXe siècle. [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 innovation, the very diversity of the firm's activities, and a world dissemination of its know-how. At the same time, that development was a reflexion on a highly original business history connected as it was to the rise of a family of entrepreneurs, the Goüins, who came to head of the firm by way of succession, over three generations. As early as 1871, indeed, SCB asserted its international scope and credentials, by venturing into colonial and more generally overseas markets. The firm pioneered infrastructural equipment construction work throughout the French Empire, as well as in developing countries. Is thus stood as the exemplar of the large French public works businesses that rose to the fore as industry world leaders in the 20th century.

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  • Rang-Ri Park, 2000. "La société de construction des Batignolles : des origines à la Première Guerre mondiale (1846-1914) : premiers résultats," Histoire, économie & société, Programme National Persée, vol. 19(3), pages 361-386.
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    DOI: 10.3406/hes.2000.2124
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