OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of the Knowledge Economy is 8. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Concentration of Innovation Investments Along the Business Cycle	261
Moderating Role of Knowledge-Sharing on the Nexus of Digital Business and Natural Resources	156
Sustainability of Small-Scale Knowledge-Intensive Enterprises in the Agricultural Sector: a Focus on Sustainable Innovators	155
Do Exports of Communication Technology, Food, Manufacturing, and Foreign Investments Foster Economic Growth in Pakistan? an Exploration From Asymmetric Technique	138
Renewable Energy Consumption and Sustainable Development: A Panel Cointegration Approach	122
The Influence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Practices on US Firms’ Performance: Evidence from the Coronavirus Crisis	102
Knowledge Transfers and Business Performance in Creative Networks	70
Art-Rent Concept and Measure With Connections to an Evolving Economy	63
Economic Freedom and Productivity in Africa	62
Determinants of Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Asian Developing Countries	61
R&D Spending and Economic Policy Uncertainty in Asian Countries: an Advanced Panel Data Estimation Study	57
Trade Diversion and Creation Effect of Free Trade Agreements in ASEAN: Do Institutions Matter?	54
Corruption Control, Government Effectiveness and Banking Stability: Does Corruption Grease or Sand the Wheels?	54
Evaluating the Impacts of Subsidy Removal by Using a Linear-Quadratic Storage Model: the Case of Tunisian Sugar Industry	52
What Will Be the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Human Capital and Economic Growth? Evidence from Eurozone	52
The Effect of Knowledge Management Practices Exploration and Exploitation on Individual Performance and Empowerment	51
Vertical segregation, innovation, and gender diversity in Spain’s industrial sector	50
How Corruption Mitigates the Effect of FDI on Economic Growth?	50
Does the Efficiency of a Firm’s Intellectual Capital and Working Capital Management Affect Its Performance?	48
The Knowledge Content of the Greek Production Structure in the Aftermath of the Greek Crisis	47
Hunting for the Elusive (the Appraisal of Research as a Conundrum)	42
The Impact of Intergenerational Succession Intention on Family Firm’s Innovation Strategy: Evidence from China	42
Servant Leadership, Job Crafting Behaviours, and Work Outcomes: Does Employee Conscientiousness Matters?	40
Testing the External Shock Narrative of the Conflict on Transition Towards Knowledge Economy in Syria	39
Knowledge Economy and the Economic Performance of African Countries: A Seemingly Unrelated and Recursive Approach	34

Blockchain Adoption and Financial Distress: Mediating Role of Information Asymmetry	34
A Pooled Overview of the European National Innovation Systems Through the Lenses of the Community Innovation Survey	34
Research Trends of Creative Industries in Indonesia: A Bibliometric Analysis	32
The Effect of Corruption on Environmental Quality: Evidence from a Panel of CIS Countries	31
Evolutionary Stages and Paths of Innovation Networks in Industrial Clusters: Case Study of Nanchong Silk-Spinning Garment Industry Cluster (SSGIC)	31
Impact of Environmental Quality on Health Outcomes in Saudi Arabia: Does Research and Development Matter?	30
Economies as 'Makers' or 'Users': Rectifying the Polysemic Quandary with a Dualist Taxonomy	29
Revisiting Research and Development Expenditures and Trade Adjusted Emissions: Green Innovation and Renewable Energy R&D Role for Developed Countries	28
Are the Major Knowledge-producing Countries Converging in Science and Technology Capabilities?	26
Increasing Burdens or Reducing Costs: Influence of Corporate Social Responsibility on Cost Stickiness	24
Interactive Components of Digital MSMEs Ecosystem for Inclusive Digital Economy in Indonesia	24
The Impact of Renewable Energy on the Environment and Socio-economic Welfare: Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries	24
Analyzing the Role of Governance, ICT, and Urbanization on Environment in South Asian Countries	23
Inter-organisational Cooperation Oriented Towards Sustainability Involving SMEs: a Systematic Literature Review	23
Rural Employment Through Product Development: Entrepreneurial Framework for Grassroot Level Innovations	23
Institutions and Environmentally Adjusted Efficiency	22
Can Digitalization Improve the High-quality Development of Manufacturing? An Analysis Based on Chinese Provincial Panel Data	22
Innovation and Firm Productivity in Central America	22
Unlocking Teacher Job Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Multi-criteria Satisfaction Analysis	21
A Dual Mediation Model between Entrepreneurial Intention and Subsequent Actions: Loss Aversion and Affordable Loss	21
The Dynamic Role of Financial Development in Analyzing the N-Shaped Tourism-Led Growth Hypothesis in Mauritius	20
Knowledge and Technology Transfer Channels Used by the Academy: Evidence from Mexico	20
Evolution of Knowledge Structure in an Emerging Field Based on a Triple Helix Model: the Case of Smart Factory	20
The Impact of Market Concentration on Bank Risk-Taking: Evidence from a Panel Threshold Model	19
Innovation, Energy Consumption and Trade Dynamic: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries	19
Do Shadow Economy and Institutions Lessen the Environmental Pollution? Evidence from Panel of ASEAN-9 Economies	19
Does Investment in Human Capital via Education Stimulate Economic Growth in an Oil-Rich Country? A Case Study of Saudi Arabia	18
The Role of Community Engagement in Urban Innovation Towards the Co-Creation of Smart Sustainable Cities	18
Influence of Employees’ Intention to Adopt AI Applications and Big Data Analytical Capability on Operational Performance in the High-Tech Firms	18
Barriers and Strategies for Digitalisation of Economy in Developing Countries: Pakistan, a Case in Point	18
Corruption, Political Instability, and Environmental Degradation in South Asia: a Comparative Analysis of Carbon Footprint and Ecological Footprint	17
Demand-Side Mobile Money Drivers of Financial Inclusion: Minimum Economic Growth Thresholds for Mobile Money Innovations	17
The Casual Effect of Family Size on the Human Capital in Iranian Society	16
Improving of Supply Chain Collaboration and Performance by Using Block Chain Technology as a Mediating Role and Resilience as a Moderating Variable	16
Comparative Study of Knowledge-Based Economic Strength Between China and the USA	16
Mediating Effect of Competitive Strategy Between Entrepreneur Characteristics and the Performance of Non-timber Forest Product SMEs in Kenya	16
Democracy and Banking Stability: Is the Relationship U-Shaped?	16
Hydropower Energy Consumption, Financial Development, Foreign Direct Investment, and Economic Growth: Further Evidence from Newly Industrialized Countries	16
Policy Evolution and Effect Evaluation of Zhejiang Manufacturing Industry Based on Text Data	15
Modeling the Contribution of Energy Consumption to Climate Change: A Panel Cointegration Analysis for Mediterranean Countries	15
Academic Research and Institutional Breakthrough: Theoretical Analysis Under COVID-19	15
Information Technology, Inequality, and Adult Literacy in Developing Countries	15
The Impact of Logistics on Four Dimensions of Food Security in Developing Countries	15
The Role of Institutional Quality in Health Expenditure-Labor Force Participation Nexus in Africa	14
Decomposing the Certified and Uncertified Skill Wage Gap for Production Workers in India	14
Evaluating the Effects of Information Sources on Innovation Outcomes: Are There Differences between KIBS and Manufacturing Firms from a Latin America Country?	14
Business Cycles and the Dynamics of Innovation: a Theoretical Perspective	14
Testing the Relationship Between Income and Expenditure of a Statutory Organization: Cointegration and Causality Approach	14
Technology Proximity Mechanism and Collaborative Innovation Orientation: How to Coordinate Multiple Subsidiaries’ Innovation Strategies?	14
Health Burdens and Labor Productivity in Africa’s Middle- and Low-Income Economies: Implication for the COVID-19 Pandemic	13

The Effect of Ethical Strategy and Innovation on Economic Performance: a Study on Tunisian B2B Enterprises	13
Remittance, Renewable Energy, and CO2 Emissions: a Vietnamese Illustration	13
Public Sector Efficiency and Economic Growth in Developing Countries	13
What Does It Take for Organizations to Adopt Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)? A Fuzzy DANP Analysis	13
Investigation of the Sensitivity of EU Countries to Temperature Anomalies in Terms of Economic and Technological Indicators	13
The Relationship Between High-Tech Industries Exports and GDP Growth in the Selected Developing and Developed Countries	12
Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth	12
Smart Manufacturing as a Management Strategy to Achieve Sustainable Competitiveness	12
Characterization of Usage Data with the Help of Data Classifications	12
Overview of Data Quality: Examining the Dimensions, Antecedents, and Impacts of Data Quality	12
Human Capital, Social Capital and Business Model Design: Empirical Evidence of Tunisian Firms	12
Non-linear Threshold Effect of Governance Quality on Economic Growth in African Countries: Evidence from Panel Smooth Transition Regression Approach	12
Information and Knowledge Management, Intellectual Capital, and Sustainable Growth in Networked Small and Medium Enterprises	12
An Application of the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) to Value the Land Consumption and Ecosystem Services	12
Correction to: IT Capability, Organisational Learning and Innovation Performance of Firms in Kenya	12
Use of Information Systems (Mobile Phone App) for Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Productivity in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Implications on Food Security	12
Leveraging Strategic Innovation and Process Capabilities for Intellectual Capital Initiative Performance of Higher Education Institutes (HEIs): A Knowledge-Based Perspective	11
Import Competition, Destinations, and Firms’ Patent Strategies	11
Factors That Influence the Implementation of M-Commerce by Romanian SMEs During the COVID-19 Pandemic	11
Inclusive Finance, Gender Inequality, and Sustainable Economic Growth in Africa	11
Enabling the Adoption of Innovative Mask in Hotels: Adapted Diffusion Model	11
Determinants of Economic Complexity: A Global Evidence of Economic Integration, Institutions, and Internet Usage	11
The Relationship Between Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, and Economic Growth in Middle East and North of Africa Region: Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model vs. Vector Error Correct	11
Innovation Business Model Based on New Technologies and Company Relationships	11
Education-Job Mismatch and Heterogeneity in the Return to Schooling: Evidence from Cameroon	11
Ideological Imprints and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from China	10
Are Schumpeter’s Innovations Responsible? A Reflection on the Concept of Responsible (Research and) Innovation from a Neo-Schumpeterian Perspective	10
ICT Penetration and Human Development: Empirical Evidence from the EU Transition Economies	10
Regional Comparative Analysis on the Determinants of the Spaniards’ Financial Knowledge	10
Digital Transformation and Firm Sustainable Growth: The Moderating Effects of Cross-border Search Capability and Managerial Digital Concern	10
Chinese Overseas Foreign Direct Investment–International Foreign Portfolio Investment–Financial Sector Development Nexus in the Belt and Road Initiative Economies: A Regional Analysis Based on Third-G	10
Globalisation and Output Growth Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Critical Role of Trade Liberalisation	10
Investigating the Nexus Between Inflation, Financial Development, and Carbon Emission: Empirical Evidence from FARDL and Frequency Domain Approach	10
Examining the Role of Market Concentration in Enhancing Total Factor Productivity: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Agri-based and Hi-Technology Sectors	9
The Interplay of Digital Transformational Leadership, Organizational Agility, and Digital Transformation	9
International Operation of Enterprises and Inefficient Investment: a Mitigating or Intensifying Effect?	9
Analyzing the Knowledge Transfer Performance of China’s Universities: a Heterogeneous Stochastic Frontier Approach	9
The Role of Environmental Regulatory- and Proactive-Driven Corporate Strategy in Creating Corporate Green Intellectual Capital (GIC) and Environmental Innovation (EI)	9
Do Political Regimes Matter for Technology Diffusion?	9
Does Mobile Money Adoption Increase Informal Business Performance in Zambia?	9
Towards a Measurable Substance of Organizational Knowledge	9
Examining the Impact of Intellectual Capital Performance on Financial Performance in Islamic Banks	9
Globalization: Between Optimism and Pessimism	9
Efficiency of Non-profit Organisations: a DEA Analysis in Support of Strategic Decision-Making	8
What Factors Influence Users’ Willingness to Share Knowledge in Online Groups and How?	8
Does Well-being Mediate Between Mindfulness and Knowledge Workers’ Work Engagement Relationship?	8
Have S&T Innovation and Educational Development in China’s Coastal Provinces and Regions Achieved Synchronization? A threshold approach	8
Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth in Tunisia: An ARDL Bound Test Approach	8
A Study on Determining the Eco-Innovation Dynamics in Turkey’s Manufacturing Companies	8
A Study on How Institutional Investors Respond to Risk, Return and Volatility: Evidence from the Indian Stock Market	8
Progression to Higher Economic Complexity: The Role of Institutions	8
Exploring Human Resource Management Digital Transformation in the Digital Age	8
Open vs Closed Business Model: Exploring Its Role in Innovation in Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)	8
Measuring the Impact of R&D&I Subsidies on Innovative Inputs and Outputs in Polish Manufacturing Firms	8
More a Commons Than a Fictitious Commodity: Tacit Knowledge, Sharing, and Cooperation in Knowledge Governance	8
Impact-Relation Map of Innovative Service Development Regarding the Sustainable Growth for Emerging Markets	8