OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Industry and Innovation is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Economic complexity and the global asset-seeking strategies of Chinese multinationals	33
Unpacking the role of relatedness in technological diversification in the US metropolitan statistical areas	29
Disparities in robot adoption among U.S. manufacturers: a critical economic development challenge	27
Fast as a gazelle – young firms gaining from educational diversity	24
Intellectual property crises induced by incumbent firms and latecomer firms’ catch-up performance: evidence from different sectoral environments	23
Set skilled workers free: the mobility of workers and innovation in Brazil	21
Digital capability gaps in traditional industries: influencing factors and strategic responses	20
A tale of two cities: mission-oriented innovation policy in China’s green industries	19
Innovation, entrepreneurship and the academic context	18
The impact of institutional voids and ecosystem logics in the spread of ecosystems in emerging economies	17
Imitation or innovation? New ventures’ NPD strategies in emerging markets	17
E-skills and income inequality within European regions	17
Two birds with one stone: can public financial support help firms to address financial and non-financial obstacles to research and innovation?	16
New digital technologies and firm performance in the Italian economy	15
New regional industrial path development and innovation networks in times of economic crisis	15
Platform participants hedging risk: post-alliance technology search of a platform participant and a rival platform	15
Geography and the speed of green technology diffusion	15
Opening the black box of artificial intelligence technologies: unveiling the influence exerted by type of organisations and collaborative dynamics	14
Co-Worker complementarities and new firm survival	14
Draw to a close: inventor triad dynamics and invention quality	13
The wealth of (Open Data) nations? Open government data, country-level institutions and entrepreneurial activity	13
Family-managed firms, external sources of knowledge and innovation	12
R&D investment and innovation performance under vertical partner concentration	11
Directionality challenges for transformative innovation policy: lessons from implementing climate goals in the process industry	11
Information accessibility and knowledge creation: the impact of Google’s withdrawal from China on scientific research	10

R&D investments under financing constraints	10
Corporation–start-up collaboration: how can the tensions stemming from asymmetries be managed?	10
How employees are affected by working in R&D-investing firms	10
Penalties imposed on board chairs and corporate innovation: evidence from China	10
Exploring the nexus of organisational culture and sustainability for green innovation	9
How open is innovation research? – An empirical analysis of data sharing among innovation scholars	9
Steering responsible innovation: the impact of EU REACH legislation on the novelty and toxicity of chemical inventions	9
Randomisation as a tool for organisational decision-making: a debatable or debilitating proposition?	9
International breadth in coopetition and innovation performance: evidence from the Spanish biotechnology industry	9
Behind the scenes of “Peripheral visions: the film and television industry in Galway, Ireland”	9
What kinds of relatedness promote new firm formation? Evidence from Italy	9
Digital technologies and eco-innovation. Evidence of the twin transition from Italian firms	9
Is eco-innovation employment-friendly? Evidence from China	9
R&D networks and their effects on knowledge exploration versus knowledge exploitation: Evidence from a spatial econometric perspective	9
International and domestic R&D coopetition: the influence of information redundancy on innovation performance	8
An empirical study of drivers for the adoption of logistics innovation	8
Stepping up to the mark? Firms’ export activity and environmental innovation in 14 European countries	8
Overcoming innovation barriers through collaboration in emerging countries: the case of Colombian manufacturing firms	8
Employment externalisation in response to a temporary exogenous shock: an adjustment costs perspective	8
Doors and walls: physical barriers and knowledge sharing	8
Disrupting regional efficiency gaps via Industry 4.0 firm investments	8
Beyond business as usual? How organisations navigate tensions between circular economy and intellectual property right strategies	7
Hampered by creation: the unintended consequences of COVID-19 policies on creative firms	7
Knowledge spillovers through high-skilled migration network: evidence from OECD countries	7
Building synthetic worlds: lessons from the excessive infatuation and oversold disillusionment with the metaverse	7
Financial resources for research and innovation in small and larger firms: Is it a case of the more you have, the more you do?	7
Industrial path development in the UK space sector: processes of legitimacy building in the establishment of Space 2.0	7
Skill endowment, routinisation and digital technologies: evidence from U.S. Metropolitan Areas	7
Advanced digitalisation and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: firm-level evidence from developing and emerging economies	7
Patent assertion entities and follow-on innovation. Evidence from patent acquisitions at the USPTO	7
Industrial land policy and economic complexity of Chinese Cities	7