Concorde (Airbus) => Aerospace and military. EDF => National electricity grid. INRIA => National research center. They are big national companies, at the int

Concorde (Airbus) => Aerospace and military. EDF => National electricity grid. INRIA => National research center. They are big national companies, at the intersection of massive public funding and fields that cannot be outsourced. That's the only sort of companies that strive in the French environment.