Mom, Tom

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Tom Mom
Assistant Professor
T7-42
+31 10 408 2628
+31 10 408 9013
tmom@rsm.nl

Research Interests

  • Strategic Renewal and Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • Management of Exploration (Innovation) and Exploitation (Efficiency)
  • Organizational Learning
  • Knowledge Management – knowledge sharing, creation, and application

Education

2006 PhD in Strategic Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Dissertation Committee:
  • Prof. Dr. Charles W.F. Baden-Fuller (Cass Business School, City University)
  • Prof. Dr. Gerry George (London Business School)
  • Prof. Dr. Marjorie A. Lyles (Kelly School of Business, Indiana University) Prof. Dr. Frans A.J. Van Den Bosch (Promotor; Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
    Prof. Dr. Henk W. Volberda (Promotor; Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
  • Prof. Dr. Mike Wright (Nothingham University Business School) 
2001 Master in International Management (MIM), Community of European Management Schools (CEMS)
2001 Master in Business Administration (MSc.BA.) (cum laude), Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Major in Strategic Management
1999 Exchange to Universität St. Gallen, Switzerland
1996 Study in philosophy and theology, EIFE, Paray, France (one year study program)

Research and Advisory Projects (Selection)

  • Top 100 Dutch Corporate Headquarters and VNO-NCW, 2008, Value of Corporate Headquarters and Country Relocation Decisions
  • 3M, Philips, Port of Rotterdam, Sampskip, Smit, TNT, 2008, Projects on Strategic Renewal and Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • European Commission, 2007-2008, European Technology Transfer Managers, 6FP project
  • NXP Semiconductors, 2007-2008, Co-promotor PhD-project on managing exploration and exploitation
  • President & CEO of Dutch branch of international Catholic youth association, 2003-2006
  • McKinsey & Company, 2003, Developing ideas for the Dutch Innovation-Platform
  • Deloitte, Philips, Rabobank, 2002-2003, Projects on performance management, innovation, strategy development, ICT, and knowledge management
  • Novartis, 2001, Inter-Divisional Knowledge Sharing

Awards and Extra degrees

  • Winner of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Strategy-Award for the best Dutch Master Thesis in Management in 2001
  • MSc.BA: cum laude
  • Sports: judo – black; jui-jitsu – brown


Publications (Selection)

  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. Van Den, & Volberda, H.W. (2009). Explaining Variation in Managers' Ambidexterity: Investigating Direct and Interaction Effects of Formal Structural and Personal Coordination Mechanisms. Organization Science, in print.
  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. Van Den, & Volberda, H.W. (2007). Investigating Managers’ Exploration and Exploitation Activities: The Influence of Top-Down, Bottom-up, and Horizontal Knowledge Inflows. Journal of Management Studies, 44, p. 910-931.
  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. van den, & Volberda, H.W. (2005). Managing the Tension between Competence Building and and Competence Leveraging by Influencing Managerial and Organizational Determinants of Horizontal Knowledge Exchange. In Sanchez, R & Heene, A. (Eds.), Research in Competence Based Management, a Focussed Issue on Managing Knowledge Assets and Organizational Learning (pp. 165-192). Oxford: Elsevier.
  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. van den, & Volberda, H.W. (2005). The Influence of Managerial and Organizational Determinants of Horizontal Knowledge Exchange on Competence Building and Competence Leveraging. ERIM Report Series (Int. rep. 080-STR). ERIM Erasmus Research Institute of Management.
  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. van den, & Volberda, H.W. (2002). Exploitatie en Exploratie van kennis: managen van de determinanten van horizontale kennisuitwisseling. Management en Organisatie, 56(5), 23-43.

Academic Conference Papers

  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. van den, & Volberda, H.W. (2007). Managers’ Exploration and Exploitation Activities: The influence of coordination mechanisms. Academy of Management Conference: Philadelphia, USA, August 3-8.
  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. van den, & Volberda, H.W. (2005). Investigating Managerial Ambidexterity. The Copenhagen Conference on Strategic Management: Copenhagen, Denmark, December 14-15.
  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. van den, & Volberda, H.W. (2005). Investigating Managerial Ambidexterity: The Influence of Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Horizontal Knowledge Inflows. ERIM workshop on Ambidextrous Strategies and Innovation: Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 7.
  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. van den, & Volberda, H.W. (2004). Intra-Organizational Knowledge Exchange as Antecedent of Exploration and Exploitation Processes. Academy of Management Conference: New Orleans, USA, August 6-11.
  • Mom, T.J.M. (2003). Managing Concurrently the Strategic Processes of Competence Building and Competence Leveraging: The Influence of Horizontal Knowledge Integration Determinants. Academy of Management Conference: Seattle, USA, August 1-6.
  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. van den, & Volberda, H.W. (2003). Vertical and Horizontal Knowledge Exchange as Determinants of a Firm's Strategic Exploration and Exploitation Processes: The Influence of Organizational Factors and the Introduction of an Intranet. SMS Mini Conference on Innovating Strategy Processes: Connecticut, USA, May 25-28.
  • Mom, T.J.M., Bosch, F.A.J. van den, & Volberda, H.W. (2003). Managing Concurrently the Processes of Knowledge Exploration and Exploitation: The Influence of Horizontal Knowledge Exchange Determinants. DRUID Summer 2003 Conference: Copenhagen, Denmark, June 12-14.
  • Mom, T.J.M., F.A.J. Van Den Bosch, and H.W. Volberda (2003). 'Managing and Organizing Concurrent Knowledge Exploration and Exploitation: On the organizational antecedents and outcomes of inter-unit knowledge exchange and the role of IT', paper presented at the Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities Conference, Barcelona, Spain April 13-14.
  • Mom, T.J.M., F.A.J. Van Den Bosch, and H.W. Volberda (2002). 'On the Internal Determinants of a Multi-Unit Firm's Ability to Manage the Balance of Competence Building and Competence Leveraging', paper presented at the Competence Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland October 26-28.
  • Mom, T.J.M., F.A.J. Van Den Bosch, and H.W. Volberda (2002). 'Management Processes and Knowledge integration as the Strategic Internal Determinants of a Firm's Exploration and Exploitation Adaptation', paper presented at the SMS Conference, Paris, France September 22-25.

Working Papers

Several, among other on:

  • Headquarters’ (re)location decisions
  • Technology Transfer
  • Managers’ ambidexterity and performance

Teaching

Various courses at Bachelor, Master, and Executive Level on, e.g.:

  • Strategic Renewal & Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • Constructing a Business Plan
  • Business Environment and International Business
  • Strategy Formation and Implementation
  • Network Organizations in Action
  • Supervision of Master’s Theses