The theory of the growth of the firm / Edith Penrose; with a new introduction by Christos N. Pitelis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penrose, Edith Tilton.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industries--Size.

Industries.

Industrial organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

4th ed., Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are not many books that are genuine classics, and only a handful in business and management whose insights and ideas last for 50 years and more. This book is one of the very few 'must reads' for anybody seriously interested in the role of management within the firm.Originally published in 1959, The Theory of the Growth of the Firm has illuminated and inspired thinking in strategy, entrepreneurship, knowledge creation, and innovation. Edith Penrose's tightly-argued classic laid the foundations for the resource based view of the firm, now the dominant framework in business strategy. She an

Contents:

I: Introduction

II: The Firm in Theory

III: The Productive Opportunity of the Firm and the 'Entrepreneur'

IV: Expansion Without Merger

The Receding Managerial Limit

V: 'Inherited' Resources and the Direction of Expansion

VI: The Economies of Size and the Economies of Growth

VII: The Economics of Diversification

VIII: Expansion Through Acquisition and Merger

IX: The Rate of Growth of a Firm Through Time

X: The Position of Large and Small Firms in a Growing Economy

XI: Growing Firms in a Growing Economy: The Process of Industrial Concentration and the Pattern of Dominance.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-162342-3

1-282-35467-1

9786612354670

0-19-157036-2

OCLC:

559017533