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

Endowed Professor

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 and was a visiting scholar at the University of Geneva at the chair for Strategic Management. 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, ambidexterity, strategic renewal, and strategy execution. His research output appeared in journals like the 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 teaches courses on Strategy, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and Implementation to PhD, executive, 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.

Publications (52)

Key Publications (12)

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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2012.07.001[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840615580009[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21663[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2014.56.3.13[go to publisher's site]
T.J.M. Mom, I. Oshri & H.W. Volberda (2012). The skills base of technology transfer professionals. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 24 (9), 871-892. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.718662[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.718662[go to publisher's site]
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, 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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1090.0427[go to publisher's site]
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
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00697.x[go to publisher's site]
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.

Articles (14)

T.J.M. Mom, Y.Y. Chang, M.N. Cholakova & J.J.P. Jansen (2018). A Multilevel Integrated Framework of Firm HR Practices, Individual Ambidexterity and Organizational Ambidexterity. Journal of Management, Accepted. doi: 10.1177/0149206318776775[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2016.11.002
I.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 units' exploratory innovation: The mediating role of coordination mechanisms. Long Range Planning, 50 (5), 621-635. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2016.11.002[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2012.07.001[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840615580009[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21663[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2014.56.3.13[go to publisher's site]
T.J.M. Mom, I. Oshri & H.W. Volberda (2012). The skills base of technology transfer professionals. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 24 (9), 871-892. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.718662[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.718662[go to publisher's site]
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, 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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1090.0427[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00697.x[go to publisher's site]
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 (36)

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). (Workshop) Business Model Innovation Assessment - ING.
T.J.M. Mom (2014). (Lecture) Ambidexteriteit: Uitblinken in exploratie en exploitatie - Hogeschool Rotterdam.
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 Should management relocate across borders? RSM Insight 10, pp. 10-11.
J.J.P. Jansen & T.J.M. Mom (2012). (Workshop) Ambidexter leiderschap voor superieure prestaties - Total Specific Solutions Group.
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.
T.J.M. Mom (2011). (Lecture) Corporate Entrepreneurship - ABN AMRO Dialogues House.
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.
J.J.P. Jansen & T.J.M. Mom (2010). (Workshop) Strategie en Structuur - Frames Group.
T.J.M. Mom (2010). (Workshop) Speeding up new business development - Havenbedrijf Rotterdam.
T.J.M. Mom (2010). (Project) Recognizing and exploiting new opportunities - Shell.
T.J.M. Mom (2010). (Workshop) Exploring strategic options - TNT Post.
T.J.M. Mom (2010). (Lecture) Ambidexteriteit - A.T. Kearney Strategy Consulting.
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). (Project) Corporate entrepreneurship and Strategic renewal - MeesPierson.
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). (Workshop) Innovation in Healt Assurance - ASR.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Project) Facilitating innovation and renewal - Havenbedrijf Rotterdam.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Lecture) Strategic renewal - Fortis and ASR.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Lecture) Intern Ondernemerschap - Nolan, Norton & Co.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Project) Entering new markets - Smit Internationale.
T.J.M. Mom (2009). (Project) Improving efficiency and effectiveness in corporate entrepreneurship - Shell.
T.J.M. Mom (2008). Improving new business development - TNT Post.
T.J.M. Mom (2008). New Business Development - Philps.
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 - Smit Internationale.
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.