prof.dr. T.J.M. (Tom) Mom

(external) researcher

Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Member ERIM

Field: Strategy & Entrepreneurship

Affiliated since 2001

T: +31 10 4082628

E: tmom@rsm.nl

Tom J.M. Mom is a professor of Strategic Growth and Implementation in the department of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship of RSM Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is also the academic director of RSM's Executive-MBA, and director of the Erasmus Executive Programme in Strategic Management. His research interests include new business development & corporate growth, scaling-up, ambidexterity, strategic renewal, and strategy execution. His research output appeared in journals like the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, Organization Studies, MIT Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, Human Resource Management, and Long Range Planning. He has presented his research at major international conferences and acts as a reviewer for various journals.

Tom provides training and teaches courses on Strategy Development, Strategy Implementation, Strategic Entrepreneurship, and Scaling-up to executives, and to PhD and master students.

Besides academic research and teaching, Tom is active in research and advisory projects for companies and governments in areas like new business development, strategic growth, innovation, and strategy execution.

Tom obtained a PhD in Strategic Management and a Master’s degree in Strategic Management (Cum Laude) from Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a Master’s Degree in International Management from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS) preceded by an exchange to the Universität St.Gallen, Switzerland. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Geneva at the chair for Strategic Management.

Publications (55)

Key Publications (13)

R.R. Blagoeva, T.J.M. Mom, J.J.P. Jansen & G. George (2020). Problem-solving or Self-Enhancement? A Power Perspective on how CEOs affect R&D search in the face of inconsistent feedback. Academy of Management Journal, 63 (2). doi: 10.5465/amj.2017.0999
S. Tarba, J.J.P. Jansen, T.J.M. Mom, S. Raisch & T. Lawton (2020). A Microfoundational Perspective of Organizational Ambidexterity: Critical Review and Research Directions. Long Range Planning, 53 (6). doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2020.102048
T.J.M. Mom, Y.Y. Chang, M.N. Cholakova & J.J.P. Jansen (2019). A Multilevel Integrated Framework of Firm HR Practices, Individual Ambidexterity and Organizational Ambidexterity. Journal of Management, 45 (7), 3009-3034. doi: 10.1177/0149206318776775
A. Tuncdogan, A.R.E. Boon, T.J.M. Mom, Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2017). Management Teams' Regulatory Foci and Organizational Unit's Exploratory Innovation: The Mediating Role of Coordination Mechanisms. Long Range Planning, 50 (5), 621-635. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2016.11.002
T.J.M. Mom, S.P.L. Fourné & J.J.P. Jansen (2015). Managers' Work Experience, Ambidexterity, and Performance: The Contingency Role of the Work Context. Human Resource Management, 54 (S1), s133-s153. doi: 10.1002/hrm.21663
T.J.M. Mom, P. van Neerijnen, P. Reinmoeller & E. Verwaal (2015). Relational capital and individual exploration: Unraveling the influence of goal alignment and knowledge acquisition. Organization Studies, 36 (6), 809-829. doi: 10.1177/0170840615580009
M.G. Baaij, T.J.M. Mom, F.A.J. van den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2015). Why do multinational corporations relocate core parts of their corporate headquarters abroad? Long Range Planning, 48 (1), 46-58. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2012.07.001
S.P.L. Fourné, J.J.P. Jansen & T.J.M. Mom (2014). Strategic Agility in MNEs: Managing Tensions to Capture Opportunities Across Emerging and Established Markets. California Management Review, 56 (3), 13-38. doi: 10.1525/cmr.2014.56.3.13
M.G. Baaij, T.J.M. Mom, F.A.J. van den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2012). Should Top Management Relocate Across National Borders? MIT Sloan Management Review, 53 (2), 17-19.
T.J.M. Mom, I. Oshri & H.W. Volberda (2012). The skills base of technology transfer professionals. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 24 (9), 871-891. doi: 10.1080/09537325.2012.718663
H.W. Volberda, I. Oshri & T.J.M. Mom (2012). Technology transfer: the practice and the profession. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 24 (9), 863-869. doi: 10.1080/09537325.2012.718662
T.J.M. Mom, Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2009). Understanding variation in manager's ambidexterity: Investigating direct and interaction effects of formal structural and personal coordination mechanisms. Organization Science, 20 (4), 812-828. doi: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0427
T.J.M. Mom, Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2007). Investigating Managers' Exploration and Exploitation Activities: The Influence of Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Horizontal Knowledge Inflows. Journal of Management Studies, 44 (6), 910-931. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00697.x

Articles (18)

R.R. Blagoeva, T.J.M. Mom, J.J.P. Jansen & G. George (2020). Problem-solving or Self-Enhancement? A Power Perspective on how CEOs affect R&D search in the face of inconsistent feedback. Academy of Management Journal, 63 (2). doi: 10.5465/amj.2017.0999
S. Tarba, J.J.P. Jansen, T.J.M. Mom, S. Raisch & T. Lawton (2020). A Microfoundational Perspective of Organizational Ambidexterity: Critical Review and Research Directions. Long Range Planning, 53 (6). doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2020.102048
T.J.M. Mom, Y.Y. Chang, M.N. Cholakova & J.J.P. Jansen (2019). A Multilevel Integrated Framework of Firm HR Practices, Individual Ambidexterity and Organizational Ambidexterity. Journal of Management, 45 (7), 3009-3034. doi: 10.1177/0149206318776775
A. Tuncdogan, A.R.E. Boon, T.J.M. Mom, Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2017). Management Teams' Regulatory Foci and Organizational Unit's Exploratory Innovation: The Mediating Role of Coordination Mechanisms. Long Range Planning, 50 (5), 621-635. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2016.11.002
T.J.M. Mom, S.P.L. Fourné & J.J.P. Jansen (2015). Managers' Work Experience, Ambidexterity, and Performance: The Contingency Role of the Work Context. Human Resource Management, 54 (S1), s133-s153. doi: 10.1002/hrm.21663
T.J.M. Mom, P. van Neerijnen, P. Reinmoeller & E. Verwaal (2015). Relational capital and individual exploration: Unraveling the influence of goal alignment and knowledge acquisition. Organization Studies, 36 (6), 809-829. doi: 10.1177/0170840615580009
M.G. Baaij, T.J.M. Mom, F.A.J. van den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2015). Why do multinational corporations relocate core parts of their corporate headquarters abroad? Long Range Planning, 48 (1), 46-58. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2012.07.001
S.P.L. Fourné, J.J.P. Jansen & T.J.M. Mom (2014). Strategic Agility in MNEs: Managing Tensions to Capture Opportunities Across Emerging and Established Markets. California Management Review, 56 (3), 13-38. doi: 10.1525/cmr.2014.56.3.13
H.W. Volberda, I. Oshri & T.J.M. Mom (2012). Technology transfer: the practice and the profession. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 24 (9), 863-869. doi: 10.1080/09537325.2012.718662
T.J.M. Mom, I. Oshri & H.W. Volberda (2012). The skills base of technology transfer professionals. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 24 (9), 871-891. doi: 10.1080/09537325.2012.718663
M.G. Baaij, T.J.M. Mom, F.A.J. van den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2012). Should Top Management Relocate Across National Borders? MIT Sloan Management Review, 53 (2), 17-19.
S.P.L. Fourné, J.J.P. Jansen, T.J.M. Mom & S.J. Magala (2011). Strategic Renewal and Middle Managers’ Reconciliation of Role Conflicts: Individual Level Absorptive Capacity and the Moderating Effects of Social Capital. In PREBEM Conference, Rotterdam, NL
S.P.L. Fourné, J.J.P. Jansen, T.J.M. Mom & S.J. Magala (2011). Tensions between Continuity and Change – Reconciling Middle Managers’ Role Conflicts Through Individual Level Absorptive Capacity and the Contingency Effects of Social Capital. In EURAM Mini-Conference, Rotterdam, NL
S.P.L. Fourné, J.J.P. Jansen, T.J.M. Mom & S.J. Magala (2011). Strategic Renewal and Role Conflict: Linking Absorptive Capacity and Middle Managers' Ambidexterity. In Academy of Management Conference (BPS Division), San Antonio, TX
T.J.M. Mom, Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2009). Understanding variation in manager's ambidexterity: Investigating direct and interaction effects of formal structural and personal coordination mechanisms. Organization Science, 20 (4), 812-828. doi: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0427
T.J.M. Mom, Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2007). Investigating Managers' Exploration and Exploitation Activities: The Influence of Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Horizontal Knowledge Inflows. Journal of Management Studies, 44 (6), 910-931. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00697.x
T.J.M. Mom, Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2005). Managing the Tension between Competence Building and and Competence Leveraging by Influencing Managerial and Organizational Determinants of Horizontal Knowledge Exchange. In Research in Competence Based Management (pp. 165-192)
T.J.M. Mom, Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2002). Exploitatie en exploratie van kennis: het managen van de determinanten van horizontale kennisuitwisseling. M en O, 56 (5), 23-43.

Books

M.G. Baaij, F.A.J. van den Bosch, H.W. Volberda & T.J.M. Mom (2009). Wederzijds profijt: De strategische waarde van de Top 100 concernhoofdkantoren voor Nederland en van Nederland voor deze Top 100. Rotterdam: Inscope

Doctoral Thesis

T.J.M. Mom (2006, augustus 31). Managers' Exploration and Exploitation Activities: the Role of Organizational Factors and Managers' Knowledge Acquisition. EUR (246 pag.) (Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management (PhD Serie 079)) Prom./coprom.: Prof.Dr.Ing. Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch & prof.dr. H.W. Volberda.

Professional Publications (35)

T.J.M. Mom (2016). Relational capital, new knowledge and innovative ideas. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 27 (3), 5-7.
T.J.M. Mom (2014). (Lecture) Ambidexteriteit: Uitblinken in exploratie en exploitatie - Hogeschool Rotterdam.
T.J.M. Mom (2014). (Workshop) Business Model Innovation Assessment - ING.
T.J.M. Mom (2013). (Workshop) The infusion of innovation into a lagre establiseh company - KLM Cargo.
M.G. Baaij, T.J.M. Mom, F.A.J. van den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2012). Should management relocate across borders? RSM Insight, 10 (2), 10-11.
J.J.P. Jansen & T.J.M. Mom (2012). (Workshop) Ambidexter leiderschap voor superieure prestaties - Total Specific Solutions Group.
T.J.M. Mom & J.J.P. Jansen (2011). Inleiding: Investeren en ondernemen tijdens crises? In Corporate Effectuation: Wat managers kunnen leren van ondernemers
J.J.P. Jansen & T.J.M. Mom (2011). (Workshop) Innovatie en vernieuwing binnen het Waterschap - Waterschap.
T.J.M. Mom (2011). (Lecture) Corporate Entrepreneurship - ABN AMRO Dialogues House.
J.J.P. Jansen & T.J.M. Mom (2010). (Workshop) Strategie en Structuur - Frames Group.
T.J.M. Mom (2010). (Project) Recognizing and exploiting new opportunities - Shell.
T.J.M. Mom (2010). (Workshop) Speeding up new business development - Havenbedrijf Rotterdam.
T.J.M. Mom (2010). (Workshop) Exploring strategic options - TNT Post.
T.J.M. Mom (2010). (Lecture) Ambidexteriteit - A.T. Kearney Strategy Consulting.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Project) Corporate entrepreneurship and Strategic renewal - MeesPierson.
I. Oshri & T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Lecture) Technoly Transfer: Demand and Supply - European Comission and Latvian Min. of EA.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Lecture) Strategic renewal - Fortis and ASR.
M.G. Baaij, T.J.M. Mom, Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch & H.W. Volberda (2009). Strategic value of the top corporate-HQs to the Netherlands - VNO NCW.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Project) Entering new markets - Smit Internationale.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Project) Facilitating innovation and renewal - Havenbedrijf Rotterdam.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Lecture) Intern Ondernemerschap - Nolan, Norton & Co.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Project) Improving efficiency and effectiveness in corporate entrepreneurship - Shell.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Workshop) Innovation in Healt Assurance - ASR.
T.J.M. Mom (2008). Improving new business development - TNT Post.
T.J.M. Mom (2008). New Business Development - Smit Internationale.
T.J.M. Mom (2008). Sociale Innovatie - Havenbedrijf Rotterdam.
T.J.M. Mom (2008). Growing in new markets - 3M.
T.J.M. Mom (2008). New Business Development - Philps.
T.J.M. Mom (2008). Innovation, operational efficiency, or both? - TNT.
T.J.M. Mom & I. Oshri (2007). Technology transfer in the EU - Directorate-General 'Research and Innovation' of the EC.
T.J.M. Mom (2004). Kennis delen, innovatie, en efficiency - Rabobank Nederland.
T.J.M. Mom (2004). Kennis delen, innoveren, en ICT - Rabobank Hoeksche Waard.
T.J.M. Mom (2004). Kennis delen, innoveren, en ICT - Rabobank Rotterdam.
T.J.M. Mom (2004). Kennis delen, innoveren, en ICT - Rabobank Amsterdam.
J. De Jong, T.J.M. Mom & Frans, A.J. Van Den Bosch (2004). Horizontal knowledge exchange and innovation - NXP Semi Conductors.