Robert Morris Grant (born in Bristol, UK on 23 January 1948) is a scholar and teacher of strategic management.
He has held faculty positions at a number of business schools in the UK, Canada, and the US for years and is currently Professor of Strategic Management at Bocconi University in Milan.
[1] He is also a visiting professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where he has held a position for 15 years.
This provides a rationale for the existence of the firm that is distinct from the traditional transaction cost explanation, and offers insights into the internal structure of the firm, its coordination processes, and the role of strategic alliances.
[5][6] Grant's strategic management textbook, "Contemporary Strategy Analysis", is used in business schools throughout the world.