Thomas Hoholm

Research areas

Managing and organizing innovation, learning and knowledge in and across organizations. Studies of the food industry (agri- and aquaculture), and of healthcare technologies and practices. Particularly interested in how organizational and market practices and processes tend to be shaped through a complex interplay of human, technological, economic and cultural elements.

Organization studies, innovation studies, science and technology studies, practice based studies of organizations and markets, industrial networks, organizational learning.

Teaching areas

Various courses related to organization, innovation management, entrepreneurship, and strategy.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 2009 BI Norwegian Business School Ph.D.
• 2002 Lancaster University Management School M.A.
• 2001 University of Oslo Bachelor

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2012 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Associate professor
• 2013 - 2016 Akershus University Hospital Senior researcher
• 2011 - 2012 UC Berkeley Visiting scholar
• 2010 - 2012 BI Norwegian Business School Postdoctor
• 2007 - 2009 BI Norwegian Business School Lecturer
• 2003 - 2007 BI Norwegian Business School PhD Fellow
• 2006 - 2006 Lancaster University Management School Visiting Scholar

• CONFERENCE PAPERS

  Hoholm, Thomas; Araujo, Luis. Innovation policy in an interactive world – the critical role of the context. IMP Symposium; 2016-05-31 - 2016-06-02 BI

  Rubach, Synnøve; Hoholm, Thomas; Håkansson, Håkan. Innovation networks or innovation in networks?. IMP Symposium 2016; 2016-05-31 - 2016-06-02 BI ØSTFOLDFOR

  Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Harrison, Debbie; Hoholm, Thomas; La Rocca, Antonella; Olsen, Per Ingvar. Interaction as a process: An expanded view of the ‘spiral’?. Theory and methods implications of industrial network research; 2015-10-06 - 2015-10-08 BI HIOA

  Hoholm, Thomas; Wiik, Eric Lawrence. Ignorance and stability: Authoring alternative realities through re-problematization. the OLKC Conference; 2015-04-09 - 2015-04-11 BI UiT

  Hvidsten, Adeline; Hoholm, Thomas; La Rocca, Antonella. Projects in networks: Implementing communication technology across multiple health care organizations. The IMP Conference; 2015-08-26 - 2015-08-28 BI HIOA

  Rubach, Synnøve; Hoholm, Thomas; Håkansson, Håkan. Innovation networks or innovation in networks?. Seminar on policy implications of industrial network theory; 2015-05-26 - 2015-05-28 BI HIOF

  Hoholm, Thomas. From health to care: information practices across epistemic and organizational boundaries. Analyzing epistemic practices in professional work and learning; 2014-12-04 AHUS BI

  Hoholm, Thomas; La Rocca, Antonella; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. A practice-based approach for studying interactions in business relationships. The IMP Conference; 2014-09-04 - 2014-09-06 AHUS BI HIOA UiO

  Hungnes, Tonje; Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. Understanding change through the lenses of practice-based studies and institutional theory – a case from Norwegian healthcare. The Ninth Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference (OLKC); 2014-04-22 - 2014-04-24 BI UiO

  Hvidsten, Adeline; La Rocca, Antonella; Hoholm, Thomas. The role of artefacts in the coordination of home care services. STS Italia; 2014-06-12 - 2014-06-14 AHUS BI HIOA

  La Rocca, Antonella; Hoholm, Thomas; Hvidsten, Adeline. Intra- and inter-organizational forces in health care innovation: Literature review and research agenda. European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS); 2014-07-03 - 2014-07-05 AHUS BI HIOA

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas. Ignorance and new medical procedures: generating knowledge across professions in the face of uncertainty. Research seminar on theorising ignorance; 2014-02-11 - 2014-02-11 BI UiO

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas. Organising for reflective, reflexive learning ­ challenges of research-led teaching for newcomers and old timers in the OLKC research community. International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities; 2014-04-22 - 2014-04-24 BI UiO

  Hoholm, Thomas. Controversies in Organizations. Nordic Conference for Mediation and Conflict Transformation; 2013-11-09 - 2013-11-11 BI

  Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Rubach, Synnøve. Regional innovation: On boundary organizations and the interaction between industry, science and politics. IMP; 2013-08-30 - 2013-09-02 BI ØSTFOLDFOR UiO

  Hovdal, Knut Arne; Hoholm, Thomas. Endring i komplekse kunnskapsinstitusjoner. Forskerkonferanse NEON; 2013-11-28 - 2013-11-29 BI NORD

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Aanestad, Margunn; Hoholm, Thomas. Praksisbaserte perspektiver på teknologisk innovasjon i helsevesenet. NEON konferansen; 2013-11-28 - 2013-11-29 BI UiO

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Aanestad, Margunn; Hoholm, Thomas; Halvorsen, Per Steinar. "Høyteknologisk innovasjon, tverrfaglighet og ekspertise". Oslo Innovation Week; 2013-10-16 - 2013-10-16 BI OUS UiO

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas. 'Managing Expectations - The Negotiation of Power Relations Within and Outside the Classroom'. The Eight Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference (OLKC); 2013-04-25 - 2013-04-25 BI UiO

  Rubach, Synnøve; Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. Regional innovation: On boundary organizations and the interaction between industry, science and politics. NEON konferansen; 2013-11-28 - 2013-11-29 BI ØSTFOLDFOR UiO

  Hoholm, Thomas; Rubach, Synnøve; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. Policy practices and innovation in industrial networks: How can policy influence innovation and learning in networks?. The IMP 2012 conference; 2012-09-12 - 2012-09-15 BI ØSTFOLDFOR UiO

  Rubach, Synnøve; Hoholm, Thomas; Brekke, Andreas. A Collaborative Mode of Innovation related to Energy Efficient Rehabilitation of Buildings. The IMP 2012 Conference in Rome; 2012-09-12 - 2012-09-15 BI ØSTFOLDFOR

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas. OLKC Teaching Workshop. The Fifth International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC); 2011-04-12 - 2011-04-14 BI UiO

  Olsen, Per Ingvar; Harrison, Debbie; Prenkert, Frans; Hoholm, Thomas. Boundary objects in multi-actor interactions within tightly structured networks. The IMP Conference 2012; 2011-08-31 - 2011-09-03 BI

  Olsen, Per Ingvar; Harrison, Debbie; Prenkert, Frans; Hoholm, Thomas. Power Games in Networks. The IMP Conference 2011; 2011-08-31 - 2011-09-03 BI

  Hoholm, Thomas; Araujo, Luis. Studying innovation processes in real-time: The promises and challenges of ethnography. IMP Conference; 2010-09-02 - 2010-09-04 BI

  Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. Hindrer profesjonsmakt nytenking i sykehus?. Innovasjonsseminar med en rekke sentrale aktører i helse-Norge; 2010-11-25 - 2010-11-25 BI UiO

  Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Vince, Russ. New ways of using technology for organizational learning: classroom explorations. The Fifth International Conference on Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC); 2010-06-03 - 2010-06-06 BI UiO

  Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Erik; Vince, Russ. New technologies for organizational learning. OLKC 5; 2010-06-03 - 2010-06-06 BI UiO

  Hoholm, Thomas; Olsen, Per Ingvar. The contrary forces of innovation: A conceptual model for studying networked innovation processes. IMP Conference; 2010-09-02 - 2010-09-04 BI

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas; Aanestad, Margunn; Ellingsen, Gunnar; Edwin, Bjørn. Challenging expertise – a case study of how laparoscopy challenged established power relations. Fagseminar; 2010-10-19 - 2010-10-19 BI OUS UiO UiT

  Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. Stabilizing New Practices: A case study of innovation and networked learning. The Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference; 2009-04-26 - 2009-04-28 BI UiO

  Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. Stabilizing new practices: A case study of networked learning. The Fourth Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference (OLKC); 2009-04-26 - 2009-04-28 BI UiO

  Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. Changing practice through boundary organising. the annual Conference on Organization, Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities,; 2008-04-28 - 2008-04-30 BI UiO

  Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. Making nonsense sensible - An ethnography of innovation and cross-industrial practice in the food sector. The Third Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference (OLKC); 2008-04-28 - 2008-04-30 BI UiO

  Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. Making sense of nonsense: an ethnography of cross-industrial practice. annual Conference for Organization, Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities,; 2008-04-28 - 2008-04-30 BI UiO

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas. Changing practice through boundary organising: A case from medical R&D. The Third Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference (OLKC); 2008-04-28 - 2008-04-30 BI UiO

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas; Aanestad, Margunn. Constructing, enacting and packaging innovations – on innovation and learning processes in health care. Mastergradskurs ved Universitetet i Tromsø; 2006-03-16 - 2006-03-16 BI UiO

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas; Aanestad, Margunn. Negotiating practice in innovation projects – A longitudinal study from medical R&D. The First International Conference on Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC); 2006-03-02 - 2006-03-03 BI UiO

  Brekke, Andreas; Hoholm, Thomas. Sociology of Translation versus Economics of Interaction: A Rap Battle - The ANT and IMP Approaches Compared. 21th Annual Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Conference; 2005-09-01 - 2005-09-03 BI

  Hoholm, Thomas. The greatest barrier for innovations in health care is the ?scared old men. The Sixth European Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities; 2005-03-17 - 2005-03-19 BI

  Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Aanestad, Margunn. Learning and innovating in innovation projects: Negotiating project identity. 1st International Conference – Professional Learning in a Changing Society, University of Oslo; 2004-11-25 - 2004-11-27 BI UiO

  Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas; Aanestad, Margunn; Ellingsen, Gunnar. The greatest barrier for innovation in health care is “the scared old men” – A study of actors’ interpretations of knowledge sharing and innovation. 1st national conference on leadership and organisation of the health care sector; 2004-10-14 - 2004-10-15 BI UiO UiT

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

La Rocca, Antonella; Hoholm, Thomas. 

Coordination between primary and secondary care: the role of electronic messages and economic incentives. BMC Health Services Research 2017 ;Volume 17.(149) p. - AHUS BI

La Rocca, Antonella; Hoholm, Thomas; Mørk, Bjørn Erik. 

Practice theory and the study of interaction in business relationships: Some methodological implications. Industrial Marketing Management 2017 ;Volume 60. p. 187-195 AHUS BI OUS UiO

Rubach, Synnøve; Hoholm, Thomas; Håkansson, Håkan. 

Innovation networks or innovation within networks. The IMP Journal 2017 ;Volume 11.(2) BI ØSTFOLDFOR

Strønen, Fred H.; Hoholm, Thomas; Kvaerner, Kari Jorunn; Støme, Linn Nathalie. 

Dynamic Capabilities and Innovation Capabilities: The Case of the ‘Innovation Clinic’. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management, and Innovation 2017 ;Volume 13.(1) p. 89-116 BI HIOA UiO

Evers, Natasha; Cunningham, James; Hoholm, Thomas. 

International entrepreneurship in universities: Context, emergence and actors. Journal of International Entrepreneurship 2016 ;Volume 14.(3) p. 285-295 BI

Hoholm, Thomas. 

Interaction avoidance in networks. The IMP Journal 2015 ;Volume 9.(2) p. 117-135 BI

Brekke, Andreas; Rubach, Synnøve; Hoholm, Thomas. 

This is not a building: The abductionist journey of a publicly funded (non-)innovation project. The IMP Journal 2014 ;Volume 8.(1) p. 1-12 BI ØSTFOLDFOR

Olsen, Per Ingvar; Prenkert, Frans; Hoholm, Thomas; Harrison, Debbie. 

The Dynamics of Networked Power in a Concentrated Business Network. Journal of Business Research 2014 ;Volume 67.(12) p. 2579-2589 BI

Hoholm, Thomas; Håkansson, Håkan. 

Interaction to bridge network gaps. The problem opf specialization and innovation in fish technology. The IMP Journal 2012 ;Volume 6.(3) p. 254-266 BI

Hoholm, Thomas; Olsen, Per Ingvar. 

The contrary forces of innovation: A conceptual model for studying networked innovation processes. Industrial Marketing Management 2012 ;Volume 41.(2) p. 344-356 BI

Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas; Eva, Maaninen-Olsson; Aanestad, Margunn. 

Changing practice through boundary organizing: A case from medical R&D. Human Relations 2012 ;Volume 65.(2) p. 263-288 BI OUS UiO

Hoholm, Thomas; Araujo, Luis. 

Studying innovation processes in real-time: The promises and challenges of ethnography. Industrial Marketing Management 2011 ;Volume 40.(6) p. 933-939 BI

Hoholm, Thomas; Strønen, Fred H.. 

Innovation, strategy and identity: a case study from the food industry. European Journal of Innovation Management 2011 ;Volume 14.(3) p. 345-363 BI HIOA

Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas; Ellingsen, Gunnar Adelsten; Edwin, Bjørn; Aanestad, Margunn. 

Challenging expertise: On power relations within and across communities of practice in medical innovation. Management Learning 2010 ;Volume 41.(5) p. 575-592 BI OUS UiO UiT

Hoholm, Thomas; Huse, Morten. 

Brukerdrevet innovasjon i Norge. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse 2008 ;Volume 11.(5) p. 25-40 BI

Mørk, B.E; Hoholm, Thomas; Aanestad, M. 

Constructing, enacting and packaging innovations. European Journal of Innovation Management 2006 ;Volume 9.(4) p. 444-465 BI UiO

RESEARCH REPORTS

Hoholm, Thomas; Huse, Morten. 

User-driven innovation in Norway: context and case. : Handelshøyskolen BI, Nordic Innovation Centre 2008 Research report BI

CHAPTERS

La Rocca, Antonella; Öberg, Christina; Hoholm, Thomas. 

When start-ups shift network – notes on start up journey. I: Starting Up in Business Networks Why Relationships Matter in Entrepreneurship. Palgrave Macmillan 2017 ISBN 978-1-137-52714-1. p. 107-136 AHUS BI

La Rocca, Antonella; Hvidsten, Adeline; Hoholm, Thomas. 

Making innovations work locally: the role of creativity. I: Capitalizing on creativity at work: Fostering the implementation of creative ideas in organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing 2016 ISBN 9781783476497. p. 258-269 AHUS BI

Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Hoholm, Thomas. 

From breakthroughs in knowledge to integration in medical practices. I: Capitalizing on creativity at work: Fostering the implementation of creative ideas in organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing 2016 ISBN 9781783476497. p. 270-286 BI UiO

Mørk, Bjørn Erik; Aanestad, Margunn; Hoholm, Thomas. 

Tverrfaglig samhandling: En praksisbasert studie av utvikling og implementering av nye praksiser i sykehus. I: Samhandling for helse: Kunnskap, kommunikasjon og teknologi i helsetjenesten. Gyldendal Akademisk 2013 ISBN 9788205425521. p. 258-279 BI UiO

Huse, Morten; Hoholm, Thomas. 

User-driven innovation in Norway: context and case. I: Wise, E. and Høgenhaven, C. (eds) User-Driven Innovation: Context and Cases in the Nordic Region. : Nordic Innovation Centre 2008 BI

Hoholm, Thomas. 

Innovasjon som samspill mellom marked, teknologi og organisering. I: Innovasjonsprosesser. Om innovasjoners odyssé. Hernes,og Koefoed (red). Fagbokforlaget 2007 p. 109-124 BI

BOOKS

Evers, Natasha; Cunningham, James; Hoholm, Thomas. 

Technology Entrepreneurship: Bringing Innovation to the Marketplace. Palgrave Macmillan 2014 (ISBN 978-1-137-02010-9) 394 p. BI

Hoholm, Thomas. 

The Contrary Forces of Innovation: An Ethnography of Innovation in the Food Industry. Palgrave Macmillan 2011 (ISBN 978-0-230-28366-4) 319 p. BI