Edith Penrose

15.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Edith Penrose is a scholar working on General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Strategy and Management and General Energy. According to data from OpenAlex, Edith Penrose has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3 papers in Strategy and Management and 3 papers in General Energy. Recurrent topics in Edith Penrose's work include Natural Resources and Economic Development (10 papers), Intellectual Property and Patents (3 papers) and Global Energy Security and Policy (3 papers). Edith Penrose is often cited by papers focused on Natural Resources and Economic Development (10 papers), Intellectual Property and Patents (3 papers) and Global Energy Security and Policy (3 papers). Edith Penrose collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. Edith Penrose's co-authors include Charles P. Kindleberger, Sanjaya Lall, William F. Brown, Paul Streeten, Joan Robinson, Alfred E. Kahn, Samir Radwan, Robert Mabro, George W. Stocking and George Joffé and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Marketing and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Edith Penrose

45 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Theory of the Growth of the Firm

1995 8.7k citations Edith Penrose profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edith Penrose United Kingdom	15	6.2k	3.0k	2.4k	2.3k	1.6k	50	9.9k
Richard P. Rumelt United States	18	6.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	22	9.3k
Johannes M. Pennings United States	34	4.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.6×	84	9.3k
Anil K. Gupta United States	42	7.9k 1.3×	1.6k 0.5×	2.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	3.0k 1.8×	77	13.0k
Richard A. Bettis United States	35	5.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	69	8.5k
Michael K. Berkowitz Canada	10	3.5k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	954 0.4×	698 0.4×	23	7.0k
William M. Dugger United States	26	5.4k 0.9×	4.6k 1.5×	776 0.3×	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	134	12.6k
Peter H. Friesen Canada	16	4.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.9k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	2.3k 1.4×	23	7.9k
Karel Cool France	17	5.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	29	7.7k
Joseph T. Mahoney United States	47	7.1k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	130	11.3k
John Hagedoorn Netherlands	41	8.4k 1.4×	4.4k 1.5×	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.7×	716 0.4×	110	11.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Edith Penrose

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Fields of papers citing papers by Edith Penrose

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edith Penrose

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Penrose, Edith. (2019). The Growth of Firms, Middle East Oil and Other Essays. 2 indexed citations

2.

Penrose, Edith. (1993). ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION: OPENNESS AND INTEGRATION — BUT WHAT KIND?. Prometheus. 11(1). 1 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1985). The theory of the growth of the firm twenty-five years after. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis eBooks. 22 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1980). Rich and Poor Nations in the World Economy. Journal of International Business Studies. 11(1). 109–111. 1 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith & Joan Robinson. (1980). Aspects of Development and Underdevelopment.. The Economic Journal. 90(359). 623–623. 19 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1979). A economia da diversificação. Revista de Administração de Empresas. 19(4). 7–30. 5 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1976). AFRICA AND THE OIL REVOLUTION: AN INTRODUCTION. African Affairs. 75(300). 277–283. 1 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1976). Oil and International relations. 2(1). 41–50. 1 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1971). Some problems of policy in the management of the parastatal sector in Tanzania: a comment. The African Review. 1(3). 48–53. 2 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1971). The growth of firms. 2 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith & George W. Stocking. (1970). Middle East oil. 6 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1968). The international oil industry in the Middle East. 1 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith, et al.. (1966). The Theory of Profit.. The Economic Journal. 76(303). 623–623. 7 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith, et al.. (1966). Development and Economic Policy in the U.A.R. (Egypt).. Economica. 33(131). 371–371. 6 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1965). Vertical integration with joint control of raw‐material production: Crude oil in the middle East¹. The Journal of Development Studies. 1(3). 251–268. 4 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1963). Facteurs, conditions et mécanismes de la croissance de l'entreprise. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1956). Foreign Investment and the Growth of the Firm. The Economic Journal. 66(262). 220–220. 162 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1955). Limits to the Growth and Size of Firms. American Economic Review. 45(2). 531–543. 109 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith, et al.. (1952). The Economics of the International Patent System. Southern Economic Journal. 19(2). 261–261. 89 indexed citations

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Penrose, Edith. (1951). The economics of the international patent system. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 122 indexed citations

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