Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of the Knowledge Economy 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Renewable Energy Consumption and Sustainable Development: A Panel Cointegration Approach353
Assessment of Foreign Direct Investment-Led Growth Argument in South Africa Amidst Urbanization and Industrialization: Evidence from Innovation Accounting Tests183
Impact of Intellectual Capital on the Financial Performance of Innovation-Driven Pharmaceutical Firms: Empirical Evidence from India135
Concentration of Innovation Investments Along the Business Cycle113
Forces of Dynamic Capability and Incidence of Entrepreneurship: A Macroeconomic Policy Intervention Approach95
Foreign Aid and Economic Infrastructure in the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA)90
Systems Evaluation of University-Industry Collaboration Efficiency in Iran: Current Situation and Proposed Policy Framework86
Do Exports of Communication Technology, Food, Manufacturing, and Foreign Investments Foster Economic Growth in Pakistan? an Exploration From Asymmetric Technique86
Sustainability of Small-Scale Knowledge-Intensive Enterprises in the Agricultural Sector: a Focus on Sustainable Innovators82
The Influence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Practices on US Firms’ Performance: Evidence from the Coronavirus Crisis77
Moderating Role of Knowledge-Sharing on the Nexus of Digital Business and Natural Resources74
The Assimilation of ICT Knowledge Management Practices in Organizations: an Empirical Study73
Knowledge Transfers and Business Performance in Creative Networks64
Art-Rent Concept and Measure With Connections to an Evolving Economy61
Partnership Performance Between Northern and Southern Mediterranean Countries in the First 2 Years of PRIMA Programme Implementation61
Does Intelligence Improve the Efficiency of Technological Innovation?57
R&D Spending and Economic Policy Uncertainty in Asian Countries: an Advanced Panel Data Estimation Study53
Trade Diversion and Creation Effect of Free Trade Agreements in ASEAN: Do Institutions Matter?53
Economic Freedom and Productivity in Africa51
Finding Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Tunisia50
The Impact of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies on Environmental Quality in OECD Countries47
The Mediating Effect of Corporate Governance on the Relationship Between Blockchain Technology and Investment Efficiency46
Determinants of Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Asian Developing Countries45
The Effect of Oil Price Shocks on Saudi Arabia’s Economic Growth in the Light of Vision 2030 “A Combination of VECM and ARDL Models”44
Knowledge and Innovation Within Chinese Firms in the Space Sector44
Do Remittances Crowd-In or Crowd-Out Domestic Investment? An Empirical Analysis of 24 Low-Income Countries42
How Corruption Mitigates the Effect of FDI on Economic Growth?42
Bridging the ‘Valley of Death’: Can Agile Principles Be Applied in Industry-Academia Research and Innovation Projects?42
Vertical segregation, innovation, and gender diversity in Spain’s industrial sector41
The Effect of Knowledge Management Practices Exploration and Exploitation on Individual Performance and Empowerment41
Is There a Size Premium for Nations?41
Evaluating the Impacts of Subsidy Removal by Using a Linear-Quadratic Storage Model: the Case of Tunisian Sugar Industry41
Technology Entrepreneurship: a Model for the European Case41
Environmental Sustainability and Regulatory Quality in Emerging Economies: Empirical Evidence from Eastern European Region40
Corruption Control, Government Effectiveness and Banking Stability: Does Corruption Grease or Sand the Wheels?37
Does the Efficiency of a Firm’s Intellectual Capital and Working Capital Management Affect Its Performance?37
What Will Be the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Human Capital and Economic Growth? Evidence from Eurozone35
Research Effort and Economic Growth33
Hunting for the Elusive (the Appraisal of Research as a Conundrum)33
Testing the External Shock Narrative of the Conflict on Transition Towards Knowledge Economy in Syria33
The Knowledge Content of the Greek Production Structure in the Aftermath of the Greek Crisis33
Servant Leadership, Job Crafting Behaviours, and Work Outcomes: Does Employee Conscientiousness Matters?32
Chronological Evolution of the Information-Driven Decision-Making Process (1950–2020)32
Evolutionary Stages and Paths of Innovation Networks in Industrial Clusters: Case Study of Nanchong Silk-Spinning Garment Industry Cluster (SSGIC)31
A Pooled Overview of the European National Innovation Systems Through the Lenses of the Community Innovation Survey31
Knowledge Economy and the Economic Performance of African Countries: A Seemingly Unrelated and Recursive Approach31
Impact of Environmental Quality on Health Outcomes in Saudi Arabia: Does Research and Development Matter?30
Research Trends of Creative Industries in Indonesia: A Bibliometric Analysis30
The Impact of Intergenerational Succession Intention on Family Firm’s Innovation Strategy: Evidence from China29
Are the Major Knowledge-producing Countries Converging in Science and Technology Capabilities?29
The Effect of Corruption on Environmental Quality: Evidence from a Panel of CIS Countries29
Blockchain Adoption and Financial Distress: Mediating Role of Information Asymmetry29
Do Institutional Quality and Natural Resources Affect the Outward Foreign Direct Investment of G7 Countries?28
Economies as 'Makers' or 'Users': Rectifying the Polysemic Quandary with a Dualist Taxonomy28
Analyzing the Role of Governance, ICT, and Urbanization on Environment in South Asian Countries27
Renewable Energy and CO2 Emissions: Evidence from Rapidly Urbanizing Countries27
The Impact of Renewable Energy on the Environment and Socio-economic Welfare: Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries26
Increasing Burdens or Reducing Costs: Influence of Corporate Social Responsibility on Cost Stickiness26
Political Control and Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry: Strengthening the Quality of Democracy26
Interactive Components of Digital MSMEs Ecosystem for Inclusive Digital Economy in Indonesia26
Growth Determinants of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs): Evidence from Entrepreneurs in the Eastern Region of Ethiopia26
Revisiting Research and Development Expenditures and Trade Adjusted Emissions: Green Innovation and Renewable Energy R&D Role for Developed Countries25
Inter-organisational Cooperation Oriented Towards Sustainability Involving SMEs: a Systematic Literature Review24
University-Industry Technology Transfer in India: a Plausible Model Based on Success Stories from the USA, Japan, and Israel24
Rural Employment Through Product Development: Entrepreneurial Framework for Grassroot Level Innovations23
The Role of Export Quality in Energy–Growth Nexus: Evidence from Newly Industrialized Countries22
Can Digitalization Improve the High-quality Development of Manufacturing? An Analysis Based on Chinese Provincial Panel Data22
Institutions and Environmentally Adjusted Efficiency22
Innovation and Firm Productivity in Central America22
Scientific Knowledge Valorization in the Public R&D Sector: a Survey and a PLS-SEM Approach22
Evolution of Knowledge Structure in an Emerging Field Based on a Triple Helix Model: the Case of Smart Factory21
Legal Institutions of Human Capital: Property, Contract, and Organisation21
Does Investment in Human Capital via Education Stimulate Economic Growth in an Oil-Rich Country? A Case Study of Saudi Arabia20
A Dual Mediation Model between Entrepreneurial Intention and Subsequent Actions: Loss Aversion and Affordable Loss20
Correction: Finding Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Tunisia20
Is Intellectual Property Beneficial to Knowledge Management? Literature Review on Organizational Knowledge Protection20
The Impact of Market Concentration on Bank Risk-Taking: Evidence from a Panel Threshold Model20
Knowledge and Technology Transfer Channels Used by the Academy: Evidence from Mexico19
The Role of Community Engagement in Urban Innovation Towards the Co-Creation of Smart Sustainable Cities19
Innovation, Energy Consumption and Trade Dynamic: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries19
Investigating the Relationship Between Informal Economy and Competitiveness in Iran’s Metropolises19
Democracy and Banking Stability: Is the Relationship U-Shaped?18
Analyzing the Role of High-Tech Industrial Agglomeration in Green Transformation and Upgrading of Manufacturing Industry: the Case of China18
Determinants of Economic Growth for the Last Half of Century: A Panel Data Analysis on 50 Countries18
Barriers and Strategies for Digitalisation of Economy in Developing Countries: Pakistan, a Case in Point18
The Casual Effect of Family Size on the Human Capital in Iranian Society18
Unlocking Teacher Job Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Multi-criteria Satisfaction Analysis18
Managing Knowledge to Improve Performance: the Impact of Leadership Style and Knowledge Management on Organizational Performance with Moderation Effects via PLS-SEM18
Do Shadow Economy and Institutions Lessen the Environmental Pollution? Evidence from Panel of ASEAN-9 Economies18
Influence of Employees’ Intention to Adopt AI Applications and Big Data Analytical Capability on Operational Performance in the High-Tech Firms18
The Dynamic Role of Financial Development in Analyzing the N-Shaped Tourism-Led Growth Hypothesis in Mauritius18
Evaluation of Industry 4.0 Applications in Production17
Comparative Study of Knowledge-Based Economic Strength Between China and the USA17
Demand-Side Mobile Money Drivers of Financial Inclusion: Minimum Economic Growth Thresholds for Mobile Money Innovations17
Does Corruption Hinderance Economic Growth Despite Surge of Remittance and Capital Inflows Since Economic Liberalization in an Emerging Economy, India17
Economic Uncertainty During COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America and Asia17
Co-creating Knowledge with Robots: System, Synthesis, and Symbiosis17
The Impact of Logistics on Four Dimensions of Food Security in Developing Countries16
Mediating Effect of Competitive Strategy Between Entrepreneur Characteristics and the Performance of Non-timber Forest Product SMEs in Kenya16
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Financial Markets: a Global Perspective16
Quantitative Analysis of Human Behavior in Environmental Protection16
Corruption, Political Instability, and Environmental Degradation in South Asia: a Comparative Analysis of Carbon Footprint and Ecological Footprint16
Modeling the Contribution of Energy Consumption to Climate Change: A Panel Cointegration Analysis for Mediterranean Countries16
Does Innovation Make Nations More Healthy? Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries16
Exploring Employability of Business Graduates: Evidence from Woldia University15
Academic Research and Institutional Breakthrough: Theoretical Analysis Under COVID-1915
How Does Institutional Quality Affect Business Start-Up in High and Middle-Income Countries? An International Comparative Study15
Hydropower Energy Consumption, Financial Development, Foreign Direct Investment, and Economic Growth: Further Evidence from Newly Industrialized Countries15
Facilitating and Inhibiting Effects of Organisational Ambidexterity in SME: an Analysis Centred on SME Characteristics15
One Bad Turn Deserves Another: How Energy Production, Financial Instability, and Political Governance Crisis Sustain the Decline of FDI Inflows in the Central African Republic15
Improving of Supply Chain Collaboration and Performance by Using Block Chain Technology as a Mediating Role and Resilience as a Moderating Variable15
Information Technology, Inequality, and Adult Literacy in Developing Countries15
Decomposing the Certified and Uncertified Skill Wage Gap for Production Workers in India15
Evaluating the Effects of Information Sources on Innovation Outcomes: Are There Differences between KIBS and Manufacturing Firms from a Latin America Country?14
Policy Evolution and Effect Evaluation of Zhejiang Manufacturing Industry Based on Text Data14
Health Burdens and Labor Productivity in Africa’s Middle- and Low-Income Economies: Implication for the COVID-19 Pandemic14
Collective and Individual Social Capital and the Impact on Incubator Tenants’ Graduation14
Testing the Relationship Between Income and Expenditure of a Statutory Organization: Cointegration and Causality Approach14
Corrupting Politicians to Get Out of Unemployment: Empirical Evidence from Africa14
Remittance, Renewable Energy, and CO2 Emissions: a Vietnamese Illustration14
Pollution Abatement Strategy and the Dichotomy of “Green” Versus “Non-green” Products: A New Analytical Insight13
The Role of Institutional Quality in Health Expenditure-Labor Force Participation Nexus in Africa13
Science and Technology Parks: Opening the Pandora’s Box of Regional Development13
Investigation on the Effects of Customer Knowledge, Political Support, and Innovation on the Growth of Islamic Banking System: a Case Study of Pakistan13
Characterization of Usage Data with the Help of Data Classifications13
Business Cycles and the Dynamics of Innovation: a Theoretical Perspective13
An Investigation of the Translational Asset: A Proposed Classification13
Use of Information Systems (Mobile Phone App) for Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Productivity in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Implications on Food Security13
The Effect of Ethical Strategy and Innovation on Economic Performance: a Study on Tunisian B2B Enterprises13
Family Business Adapting a New Digital-Based Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Future Research13
Technology Proximity Mechanism and Collaborative Innovation Orientation: How to Coordinate Multiple Subsidiaries’ Innovation Strategies?13
Non-linear Threshold Effect of Governance Quality on Economic Growth in African Countries: Evidence from Panel Smooth Transition Regression Approach12
What Does It Take for Organizations to Adopt Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)? A Fuzzy DANP Analysis12
Public Sector Efficiency and Economic Growth in Developing Countries12
The Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities and the Structure of Local Economy: a Spatial Panel Approach12
IT Capability, Organisational Learning and Innovation Performance of Firms in Kenya12
Innovation Business Model Based on New Technologies and Company Relationships12
Smart Manufacturing as a Management Strategy to Achieve Sustainable Competitiveness12
Enabling the Adoption of Innovative Mask in Hotels: Adapted Diffusion Model12
Information and Knowledge Management, Intellectual Capital, and Sustainable Growth in Networked Small and Medium Enterprises12
Human Capital, Social Capital and Business Model Design: Empirical Evidence of Tunisian Firms12
The Banking Sector, the Engine of Inclusive Growth in WAEMU Countries: Decoy or Glimmer?12
Knowledge Activities of External Knowledge Network and Technological Capability: Evidence from China12
The Impact of Intellectual Capital on Profitability, Market Value, Productivity, and Return on Equity: Empirical Evidence from Moroccan ICT Firms12
Investigation of the Sensitivity of EU Countries to Temperature Anomalies in Terms of Economic and Technological Indicators12
Import Competition, Destinations, and Firms’ Patent Strategies12
Research Productivity: Trend and Comparative Analyses by Regions and Continents12
Legal Technology: Assessment of the Legal Tech Industry’s Potential12
Correction to: IT Capability, Organisational Learning and Innovation Performance of Firms in Kenya12
Overview of Data Quality: Examining the Dimensions, Antecedents, and Impacts of Data Quality12
ICT Penetration and Human Development: Empirical Evidence from the EU Transition Economies11
Digital Transformation and Firm Sustainable Growth: The Moderating Effects of Cross-border Search Capability and Managerial Digital Concern11
Determinants of Economic Complexity: A Global Evidence of Economic Integration, Institutions, and Internet Usage11
The Relationship Between High-Tech Industries Exports and GDP Growth in the Selected Developing and Developed Countries11
Keeping Pace with Technological Change: Insights into the Recency of Internal Knowledge Inputs11
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 Correct11
Factors That Influence the Implementation of M-Commerce by Romanian SMEs During the COVID-19 Pandemic11
An Application of the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) to Value the Land Consumption and Ecosystem Services11
Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth11
Investigating the Nexus Between Inflation, Financial Development, and Carbon Emission: Empirical Evidence from FARDL and Frequency Domain Approach11
Inclusive Finance, Gender Inequality, and Sustainable Economic Growth in Africa11
Education-Job Mismatch and Heterogeneity in the Return to Schooling: Evidence from Cameroon11
Are Schumpeter’s Innovations Responsible? A Reflection on the Concept of Responsible (Research and) Innovation from a Neo-Schumpeterian Perspective11
Addressing Public Policy Implementation Challenges in Lagging Regions Through the Analytical Lens of Smart Specialisation10
Towards a Measurable Substance of Organizational Knowledge10
Analyzing the Knowledge Transfer Performance of China’s Universities: a Heterogeneous Stochastic Frontier Approach10
The Effect of FDI Inflows, Urbanization, Industrialization, and Technological Innovation on CO2 Emissions: Evidence from Tunisia10
Leveraging Strategic Innovation and Process Capabilities for Intellectual Capital Initiative Performance of Higher Education Institutes (HEIs): A Knowledge-Based Perspective10
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-G10
Ideological Imprints and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from China10
The Interplay of Digital Transformational Leadership, Organizational Agility, and Digital Transformation10
Regional Comparative Analysis on the Determinants of the Spaniards’ Financial Knowledge10
Globalisation and Output Growth Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Critical Role of Trade Liberalisation10
Coupling Open Innovation: Network Position, Knowledge Integration Ability, and Innovation Performance10
National Innovation Systems in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: Re-evaluation of Indicators and Lessons for a Learning Economy in Senegal10
The Experience of European Researchers in China: A Comparative Capital Advantage Perspective10
Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth in Tunisia: An ARDL Bound Test Approach9
Exploring Human Resource Management Digital Transformation in the Digital Age9
Impact-Relation Map of Innovative Service Development Regarding the Sustainable Growth for Emerging Markets9
More a Commons Than a Fictitious Commodity: Tacit Knowledge, Sharing, and Cooperation in Knowledge Governance9
The Role of Environmental Regulatory- and Proactive-Driven Corporate Strategy in Creating Corporate Green Intellectual Capital (GIC) and Environmental Innovation (EI)9
Have S&T Innovation and Educational Development in China’s Coastal Provinces and Regions Achieved Synchronization? A threshold approach9
Does Human Capital Influence Labor Productivity? Evidence from Nigerian Manufacturing and Service Firms9
Efficiency of Non-profit Organisations: a DEA Analysis in Support of Strategic Decision-Making9
Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development: Evidence from Belt and Road Countries9
Correction to: Democracy and Economic Growth: a Literature Review9
Does Mobile Money Adoption Increase Informal Business Performance in Zambia?9
Examining the Role of Market Concentration in Enhancing Total Factor Productivity: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Agri-based and Hi-Technology Sectors9
Intellectual Firm: Key Features and Development Models9
Progression to Higher Economic Complexity: The Role of Institutions9
Do Political Regimes Matter for Technology Diffusion?9
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Developing Countries: the Tunisian Investigation9
Does Upgrading of Industrial Structure Drive Economy to “Decouple” from Environment: an Empirical Analysis Based on the Data of Prefecture-Level Cities in China9
Examining the Impact of Intellectual Capital Performance on Financial Performance in Islamic Banks9
Globalization: Between Optimism and Pessimism9
International Operation of Enterprises and Inefficient Investment: a Mitigating or Intensifying Effect?9
A Study on Determining the Eco-Innovation Dynamics in Turkey’s Manufacturing Companies8
Open vs Closed Business Model: Exploring Its Role in Innovation in Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)8
Knowledge-Based Energy Investments of European Economies and Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Development8
The Effect of Financial Technology Investment Level on European Banks’ Profitability8
Current Account and Institutional Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa: an Empirical Investigation8
Identifying Convergence in Telecommunication Infrastructures and the Dynamics of Their Influencing Factors Across Countries8
Consumption-based Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Their Impact on Energy Productivity in the G7 Countries8
Immigrant Skill Selection: A Case Study of South Africa and the USA8
A Study on How Institutional Investors Respond to Risk, Return and Volatility: Evidence from the Indian Stock Market8
The Role of Environmental Innovation and Green Energy Deployment in Environmental Protection: Evidence from Saudi Arabia8
Eco-advertising and Ban-on-Plastic: the Influence of CSR Green Practices on Green Impulse Behavior8
Valuation of Intellectual Capital: the Performance Contribution Model8
Impact of Intellectual Capital on Microfinance Institutions’ Efficiency: the Moderating Role of External Governance8
Measuring the Impact of R&D&I Subsidies on Innovative Inputs and Outputs in Polish Manufacturing Firms8
Adaptation to Climate Change in 172 Countries: the Importance of Intelligence8
What Factors Influence Users’ Willingness to Share Knowledge in Online Groups and How?8
Financial Development and Unemployment in MENA: Evidence from Heterogeneous Panel Causality and Quantile via Moment Regression7
Investigating the Factors Affecting Research and Development Expenditure Efficiency in China and India7
Does Well-being Mediate Between Mindfulness and Knowledge Workers’ Work Engagement Relationship?7
Efficiency of Entrepreneurial Universities in India: A Data Envelopment Analysis7
The Impact of the Management Control System on the Family Business’ Intention to Maintain the Organization for Future Generations7
New Insights on the Allocation of Innovation Subsidies: A Machine Learning Approach7
Dynamic Appertain Between Telecommunication Infrastructure and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence of OIC Countries7
Modeling the Relationship Between Environmental Regulations and Stock Market Growth in China: Evidence Beyond Symmetry7
The Effect of Big Data Capability on Organizational Innovation: a Resource Orchestration Perspective7
Financial Development and Shadow Economy: A Bibliometric Analysis Using the Scopus Database (1985–2021)7
Driving Open Innovation Capability Through New Knowledge Diffusion of Integrating Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations in Organizations: Moderator of Individual Absorptive Capacity7
Solar Energy and CO2 Emissions: CCEMG Estimations for 26 Countries7
Linear and Nonlinear Causal Linkages Between Exports and Growth in Next Eleven Economies7
Correction to: Financial System Development and Democracy: a Panel Smooth Transition Regression Approach for Developing Countries7
Organizational Culture for Innovation: A Case Study Involving an University Faculty7
What Are Workers’ Perceptions of Women’s Organizational Leadership?7
Transferring Scientific Knowledge to Academic Startups: the Moderating Effect of the Dual Identity of Academic Entrepreneurs on Forming Knowledge Depth and Knowledge Breadth7
Digital Orientation and Innovation Outputs in Collaboration Networks: Inside the Black Box7
Economic Performance of Forest Plantations in Asian Countries7
An Empirical Note on the Long-Run Effects of Public and Private R&D on TFP7
How Does External Social Network Affect Business Model Innovation in the Context of Digital Transformation: a Moderated Mediation Model7
Artificial Intelligence-Virtual Trainer: Innovative Didactics Aimed at Personalized Training Needs7
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