The Growth of the Firm

Presents a good balance in terms of perspectives and content … should appeal to a large audience of scholars from multiple disciplines, including business history, organizational economics, international business, and strategic management. Academy of Management Review Pitelis’s book opens our eyes to the variety of contexts in which Penrose’s theory of firm-level growth is applicable … Rereading Penrose (1959) after reading Pitelis’s book should result in a different learning experience for the reader, who will connect the dots between Penrose’s ideas and different research contexts more naturally. Academy of Management Review

Christos Pitelis is Director of the Centre for International Business and Management at the Judge Institute of Management Studies, Cambridge University. He is also Director of Studies in Management and Fellow in Economics at Queens’ College, Cambridge. He has taught at the universities of Warwick, Nottingham, St. Andrews, and Athens, and has been visiting professor in China, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. He has consulted extensively and coordinated projects for governments, the European Commission, the United Nations, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and the private sector. He has been adviser to the Greek Minister of Industry and Development. He is author and editor of ten books, over seventy articles in academic journals and books, and has contributed papers to more than sixty conferences worldwide.