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 a Senior Fellow of the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship. His research interests include new business development & 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. He co-authored the 2021 bestseller management book ‘Naar een gezond groeibedrijf in vijf stappen’.  

Tom provides training and teaches courses on Strategy Renewal, Strategy Implementation, Scaling-Up, and Strategic Entrepreneurship to executives and entrepreneurs, 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 strategic renewal & growth, scaling-up, entrepreneurship, 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.