Edith Penrose, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edith Penrose

economist

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1914

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: 11-Oct-1996

Profession: economist, university teacher

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Edith Elura Tilton Penrose (November 15, 1914 – October 11, 1996) was an American-born British economist whose best known work is The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, which describes the ways which firms grow and how fast they do.
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".