LEADER 03077nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910954314703321 005 20251117083513.0 010 $a0-19-162342-3 010 $a1-282-35467-1 010 $a9786612354670 010 $a0-19-157036-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000001326 035 $a(EBL)472157 035 $a(OCoLC)559017533 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000343662 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12151358 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343662 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10291040 035 $a(PQKB)10818537 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472157 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472157 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10351298 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235467 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7033943 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7033943 035 $a(OCoLC)781262565 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000001326 100 $a20090415d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe theory of the growth of the firm /$fEdith Penrose; with a new introduction by Christos N. Pitelis 205 $a4th ed., Rev. ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-19-957384-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aI: 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. 330 0 $aThere 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 606 $aIndustries$xSize 606 $aIndustrial organization 615 0$aIndustries$xSize. 615 0$aIndustrial organization. 676 $a338.7 686 $a83.01$2bcl 686 $aQP 230$2rvk 700 $aPenrose$b Edith Tilton$0128544 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954314703321 996 $aTheory of the Growth of the Firm$9433451 997 $aUNINA