Edith Penrose
American-born British economist · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Lived 1914 to 1996 · aged 81 · Born 112 years ago today
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.
Edith Penrose is read about 15 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 June 2026
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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".
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1914 to 1996 · aged 81
