The Growth of the Firm
The Legacy of Edith Penrose
Published on 28. March 2002
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-19-924416-4 (ISBN)
Description
Edith Penrose has been one of the most significant economists of the second part of the twentieth century. Her contribution to the theory of the firm has reinvented and productively developed the classical tradition in economics, and informed the currently dominant, knowledge-based theory of the firm. This volume builds on a special issue of Contributions to Political Economy that celebrated forty years since Penrose's classic The Theory of the Growth of the Firm. It includes fifteen chapters by leading contributors on the aforementioned aspects of Penrose's work.
Reviews / Votes
Presents a good balance in terms of perspectives and content ... should appeal to a large audience of scholars from multiple disciplines, including business history, organizational economics, international business, and strategic management. * Academy of Management Review * Pitelis's book opens our eyes to the variety of contexts in which Penrose's theory of firm-level growth is applicable ... Rereading Penrose (1959) after reading Pitelis's book should result in a different learning experience for the reader, who will connect the dots between Penrose's ideas and different research contexts more naturally. * Academy of Management Review * The chapters are well researched, well crafted and well written. * Organization Studies *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
10 figures
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
675 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-924416-4 (9780199244164)
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03/2002
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Person
Christos Pitelis is Director of the Centre for International Business and Management at the Judge Institute of Management Studies, Cambridge University. He is also Director of Studies in Management and Fellow in Economics at Queens' College, Cambridge. He has taught at the universities of Warwick, Nottingham, St. Andrews, and Athens, and has been visiting professor in China, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. He has consulted extensively and coordinated projects for governments, the European Commission, the United Nations, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and the private sector. He has been adviser to the Greek Minister of Industry and Development. He is author and editor of ten books, over seventy articles in academic journals and books, and has contributed papers to more than sixty conferences worldwide.
Content
1. Introduction and Overview ; 2. Edith Elura Tilton Penrose: Life, contribution, and influence ; 3. Mrs Penrose and Neoclassical Theory ; 4. The Significance of Penrose's Theory for the Development of Economics ; 5. Edith Penrose and Economics ; 6. Hercules and Penrose ; 7. The Growth of New Ventures: Analysis after Penrose ; 8. A Theory of the (Growth of the) Transnational Firm: A Penrosean perspective ; 9. Edith Penrose, Economics, and Strategic Management ; 10. Edith T. Penrose and Ronald H. Coase on the Nature of the Firm and the Nature of Industry ; 11. Regional Growth Dynamics: A capabilities perspective ; 12. Mismatching by Design: Explaining the dynamics of innovative capabilities of the firm with a Penrosean mark ; 13. Innovation, Profits, and Growth: Penrose and Schumpeter ; 14. The US Corporate Enterprise and 'The Theory of the Growth of the Firm' ; 15. Management Competence, Firm Growth, and Economic Progress