摘要：During the interwar period, the French Government was able
to take the necessary measures to install an integrated
structure for its oil industry. On the eve of World War II, the
Compagnie Française des Pétroles (CFP) had an
organizational structure that could compete with the Anglo-
Saxon “trusts.” The characteristic of the French oil industry
was its ability to go beyond a “logic of cartels” toward a
model of mixed economy across the “logic of consortia.” In
this paper, I illuminate the French method of breaking into
big business in a sector as competitive and strategic as oil.
Based on technocracy, the French adopted all potentially
successful organizational methods, whether French or
imported. I also discuss new elements of the French
companies’ capacity in the interwar period to equip
themselves with industrial structures different from (but
comparable to) the American ones.
