ABSTRACT
The life of the late Edith Penrose was extraordinary in many ways. For readers of the International Review of Applied Economics, the main interest may be in The Theory of the Growth of the Firm – her book that has grown in importance over time (E. Penrose 1959). But as well as Edith’s writings, her life too was fascinating, and wonderfully captured in Angela Penrose’s book, No Ordinary Woman (A. Penrose 2018).
