Penrose's The Theory of the Growth of the Firm: An Exemplar of Engaged Scholarship

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kor, Yasemin Y.; Mahoney, Joseph T.; Siemsen, Enno; Tan, Danchi
• 署名单位: University of Cambridge; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; National Chengchi University
• 刊物名称: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1059-1478
• DOI: 10.1111/poms.12572
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 1727-1744
• 关键词: growth of the firm; engaged scholarship; dynamic adjustment costs; RESOURCE-BASED APPROACH; entrepreneurship

摘要

Edith Penrose's (1959) classic book, The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, made a substantial impact on strategic management research, especially in the context of the resource-based view of the firm, and the ripple effects of her impact continue to unfold today in various disciplines. The book serves as a remarkably rich source of inspiration for scholarly research and a generative source of ideas, which are poised to be further developed. In this study, we examine Penrose's (1959) classic and provide: (1) the process by which this book came about; (2) a summary of its key ideas; (3) some implications for operations management research; (4) the subsequent impact of the book, in which we focus on mathematical models; and (5) a discussion of some of the research lessons learned from this exemplar of engaged scholarship. We invite management science and operations scholars to discover the rich scientific world of Edith Penrose and experience the product and process of her research creativity.