A Penrosean theory of acquisitive growth

Business History

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 790-817

  Lockett, Andy ^a   Wild, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acquisitive growth; history; organic growth; Penrose; strategy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84881577921     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2013.790370     Document Type: Article

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