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.

• 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 - 1984


• 14: An Academic Indian Summer

In the week Angela Penrose was given The Theory of The Growth of the Firm to read as part of her PPE course at Oxford she met her future husband, Perran Penrose, the son of the author, Edith Penrose. She and Perran went on to teach in Libya, Ethiopia, Burundi, and Zambia where Angela also worked as a journalist. She has extensive experience of communicating in the printed and broadcast media and working directly with children and young people as a teacher and youth worker. She has worked with development and humanitarian organizations and was Director of Policy with Save The Children.