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Edith Penrose

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American-born British economist

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1914 to 1996 · aged 81
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Edith Elura Tilton Penrose was an American-born British economist whose best known work is The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, which describes how firms grow and how quickly they do so. Writing in The Independent, the economist Sir Alec Cairncross stated that the book brought Dr.

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1955Guggenheim Fellowship
honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala
doctor honoris causa of the University of Helsinki
Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society

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Edith Elura Tilton Penrose was an American-born British economist whose best known work is The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, which describes how firms grow and how quickly they do so. Writing in The Independent, the economist Sir Alec Cairncross stated that the book brought Dr. Penrose "instant recognition as a creative thinker, and its importance to the analysis of the job of management has been increasingly realized".

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United Kingdom
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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1914 to 1996 · aged 81
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10 languages

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