State Enterprise and Italy's ‘Economic Miracle’: The Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, 1945-1962

Francesca Carnevali

Enterprise & Society, 2000, vol. 1, issue 2, 249-278

Abstract: The Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (Eni) was one of Italy’s most important state-owned enterprises, a key actor in the country’s transformation from a primarily agrarian to an essentially industrial nation after the Second World War. This article focuses on the history of Eni from its inception in 1953 to the death of its founder, Enrico Mattei, in 1962; it details how, in the context of Italy’s ‘economic miracle’, Eni played an important role both as an agent of economic growth, through the supply of an inexpensive source of energy, and as one of the tools used by the party in power, the Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democrats), to generate and maintain consensus.

Date: 2000
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