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
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
