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No ordinary woman : the life of Edith Penrose / Angela Penrose.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Penrose, Angela, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Penrose, Edith Tilton.
- Economists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Economists.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2017
- Summary:
- A biography of one of the most under-rated economists of the 20th century, whose own remarkable and eventful life paralleled key events of the twentieth century. Edith Penrose's work is now the cornerstone of current work in business strategy and entrepreneurship.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. California
- 2. 'What is there for me to do?'
- 3. The ILO: an introduction to internationalism
- 4. Invitation to Grosvenor Square
- 5. Eisenhower Platz
- 6. Back to the USA
- 7. The Lattimore case
- 8. Australia
- 9. Iraq
- 10. The Theory of the Growth of the Firm
- 11. The School of Oriental and African Studies
- 12. Oil: an industry in trouble
- 13. Fontainebleau 1977-84
- 14. An academic Indian summer
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 16, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-253775-X
- 0-19-181572-1
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