Contributions of Edith Penrose to the theories of technical progress within oligopolistic competition

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2001)

Jan-Mar / 2001
Published January 1, 2001
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How to Cite

Szmrecsányi, Tamás. 2001. “Contributions of Edith Penrose to the Theories of Technical Progress Within Oligopolistic Competition”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 21 (1):174-80. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572001-1244.

Contributions of Edith Penrose to the theories of technical progress within oligopolistic competition

Tamás Szmrecsányi
Professor Titular do Departamento de Política Cientifica e Tecnológica do Instituto de Geociências da Universidade de Campinas: Unicamp, Campinas/SP, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 21 No. 1 (2001), Jan-Mar / 2001, Pages 174-180

Abstract

This paper reviews the contributions of Edith T. Penrose (1914-1996), to the theories of technical progress within oligopolistic competition. It is mainly based upon chapter VII of her seminal Theory of the Growth of the Firm, published for the first time in 1959.

JEL Classification: B21; B31; D43.


Keywords: History of economic thought Pensore oligopolistic competition