OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the Knowledge Economy is 15. 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.)

Article	Citations
Renewable Energy Consumption and Sustainable Development: A Panel Cointegration Approach	353
Assessment of Foreign Direct Investment-Led Growth Argument in South Africa Amidst Urbanization and Industrialization: Evidence from Innovation Accounting Tests	183
Impact of Intellectual Capital on the Financial Performance of Innovation-Driven Pharmaceutical Firms: Empirical Evidence from India	135
Concentration of Innovation Investments Along the Business Cycle	113
Forces of Dynamic Capability and Incidence of Entrepreneurship: A Macroeconomic Policy Intervention Approach	95
Foreign Aid and Economic Infrastructure in the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA)	90
Do Exports of Communication Technology, Food, Manufacturing, and Foreign Investments Foster Economic Growth in Pakistan? an Exploration From Asymmetric Technique	86
Systems Evaluation of University-Industry Collaboration Efficiency in Iran: Current Situation and Proposed Policy Framework	86
Sustainability of Small-Scale Knowledge-Intensive Enterprises in the Agricultural Sector: a Focus on Sustainable Innovators	82
The Influence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Practices on US Firms’ Performance: Evidence from the Coronavirus Crisis	77
Moderating Role of Knowledge-Sharing on the Nexus of Digital Business and Natural Resources	74
The Assimilation of ICT Knowledge Management Practices in Organizations: an Empirical Study	73
Knowledge Transfers and Business Performance in Creative Networks	64
Art-Rent Concept and Measure With Connections to an Evolving Economy	61
Partnership Performance Between Northern and Southern Mediterranean Countries in the First 2 Years of PRIMA Programme Implementation	61
Does Intelligence Improve the Efficiency of Technological Innovation?	57
R&D Spending and Economic Policy Uncertainty in Asian Countries: an Advanced Panel Data Estimation Study	53
Trade Diversion and Creation Effect of Free Trade Agreements in ASEAN: Do Institutions Matter?	53
Economic Freedom and Productivity in Africa	51
Finding Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Tunisia	50
The Impact of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies on Environmental Quality in OECD Countries	47
The Mediating Effect of Corporate Governance on the Relationship Between Blockchain Technology and Investment Efficiency	46
Determinants of Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Asian Developing Countries	45
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 Sector	44

Do Remittances Crowd-In or Crowd-Out Domestic Investment? An Empirical Analysis of 24 Low-Income Countries	42
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
Evaluating the Impacts of Subsidy Removal by Using a Linear-Quadratic Storage Model: the Case of Tunisian Sugar Industry	41
Technology Entrepreneurship: a Model for the European Case	41
Vertical segregation, innovation, and gender diversity in Spain’s industrial sector	41
The Effect of Knowledge Management Practices Exploration and Exploitation on Individual Performance and Empowerment	41
Is There a Size Premium for Nations?	41
Environmental Sustainability and Regulatory Quality in Emerging Economies: Empirical Evidence from Eastern European Region	40
Does the Efficiency of a Firm’s Intellectual Capital and Working Capital Management Affect Its Performance?	37
Corruption Control, Government Effectiveness and Banking Stability: Does Corruption Grease or Sand the Wheels?	37
What Will Be the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Human Capital and Economic Growth? Evidence from Eurozone	35
The Knowledge Content of the Greek Production Structure in the Aftermath of the Greek Crisis	33
Research Effort and Economic Growth	33
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 Syria	33
Chronological Evolution of the Information-Driven Decision-Making Process (1950–2020)	32
Servant Leadership, Job Crafting Behaviours, and Work Outcomes: Does Employee Conscientiousness Matters?	32
Knowledge Economy and the Economic Performance of African Countries: A Seemingly Unrelated and Recursive Approach	31
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 Survey	31
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 Analysis	30
The Impact of Intergenerational Succession Intention on Family Firm’s Innovation Strategy: Evidence from China	29
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 Countries	29
Blockchain Adoption and Financial Distress: Mediating Role of Information Asymmetry	29
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 Taxonomy	28
Analyzing the Role of Governance, ICT, and Urbanization on Environment in South Asian Countries	27
Renewable Energy and CO2 Emissions: Evidence from Rapidly Urbanizing Countries	27
The Impact of Renewable Energy on the Environment and Socio-economic Welfare: Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries	26
Increasing Burdens or Reducing Costs: Influence of Corporate Social Responsibility on Cost Stickiness	26
Political Control and Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry: Strengthening the Quality of Democracy	26
Interactive Components of Digital MSMEs Ecosystem for Inclusive Digital Economy in Indonesia	26
Growth Determinants of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs): Evidence from Entrepreneurs in the Eastern Region of Ethiopia	26
Revisiting Research and Development Expenditures and Trade Adjusted Emissions: Green Innovation and Renewable Energy R&D Role for Developed Countries	25
Inter-organisational Cooperation Oriented Towards Sustainability Involving SMEs: a Systematic Literature Review	24
University-Industry Technology Transfer in India: a Plausible Model Based on Success Stories from the USA, Japan, and Israel	24
Rural Employment Through Product Development: Entrepreneurial Framework for Grassroot Level Innovations	23
Scientific Knowledge Valorization in the Public R&D Sector: a Survey and a PLS-SEM Approach	22
The Role of Export Quality in Energy–Growth Nexus: Evidence from Newly Industrialized Countries	22
Can Digitalization Improve the High-quality Development of Manufacturing? An Analysis Based on Chinese Provincial Panel Data	22
Institutions and Environmentally Adjusted Efficiency	22
Innovation and Firm Productivity in Central America	22
Legal Institutions of Human Capital: Property, Contract, and Organisation	21
Evolution of Knowledge Structure in an Emerging Field Based on a Triple Helix Model: the Case of Smart Factory	21
Is Intellectual Property Beneficial to Knowledge Management? Literature Review on Organizational Knowledge Protection	20
The Impact of Market Concentration on Bank Risk-Taking: Evidence from a Panel Threshold Model	20
Does Investment in Human Capital via Education Stimulate Economic Growth in an Oil-Rich Country? A Case Study of Saudi Arabia	20

A Dual Mediation Model between Entrepreneurial Intention and Subsequent Actions: Loss Aversion and Affordable Loss	20
Correction: Finding Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Tunisia	20
Knowledge and Technology Transfer Channels Used by the Academy: Evidence from Mexico	19
The Role of Community Engagement in Urban Innovation Towards the Co-Creation of Smart Sustainable Cities	19
Innovation, Energy Consumption and Trade Dynamic: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries	19
Investigating the Relationship Between Informal Economy and Competitiveness in Iran’s Metropolises	19
Analyzing the Role of High-Tech Industrial Agglomeration in Green Transformation and Upgrading of Manufacturing Industry: the Case of China	18
Determinants of Economic Growth for the Last Half of Century: A Panel Data Analysis on 50 Countries	18
Do Shadow Economy and Institutions Lessen the Environmental Pollution? Evidence from Panel of ASEAN-9 Economies	18
Barriers and Strategies for Digitalisation of Economy in Developing Countries: Pakistan, a Case in Point	18
Unlocking Teacher Job Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Multi-criteria Satisfaction Analysis	18
Democracy and Banking Stability: Is the Relationship U-Shaped?	18
Managing Knowledge to Improve Performance: the Impact of Leadership Style and Knowledge Management on Organizational Performance with Moderation Effects via PLS-SEM	18
Influence of Employees’ Intention to Adopt AI Applications and Big Data Analytical Capability on Operational Performance in the High-Tech Firms	18
The Casual Effect of Family Size on the Human Capital in Iranian Society	18
The Dynamic Role of Financial Development in Analyzing the N-Shaped Tourism-Led Growth Hypothesis in Mauritius	18
Demand-Side Mobile Money Drivers of Financial Inclusion: Minimum Economic Growth Thresholds for Mobile Money Innovations	17
Does Corruption Hinderance Economic Growth Despite Surge of Remittance and Capital Inflows Since Economic Liberalization in an Emerging Economy, India	17
Economic Uncertainty During COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America and Asia	17
Co-creating Knowledge with Robots: System, Synthesis, and Symbiosis	17
Evaluation of Industry 4.0 Applications in Production	17
Comparative Study of Knowledge-Based Economic Strength Between China and the USA	17
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Financial Markets: a Global Perspective	16
Quantitative Analysis of Human Behavior in Environmental Protection	16
Corruption, Political Instability, and Environmental Degradation in South Asia: a Comparative Analysis of Carbon Footprint and Ecological Footprint	16
Modeling the Contribution of Energy Consumption to Climate Change: A Panel Cointegration Analysis for Mediterranean Countries	16
Does Innovation Make Nations More Healthy? Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries	16
The Impact of Logistics on Four Dimensions of Food Security in Developing Countries	16
Mediating Effect of Competitive Strategy Between Entrepreneur Characteristics and the Performance of Non-timber Forest Product SMEs in Kenya	16
Hydropower Energy Consumption, Financial Development, Foreign Direct Investment, and Economic Growth: Further Evidence from Newly Industrialized Countries	15
Facilitating and Inhibiting Effects of Organisational Ambidexterity in SME: an Analysis Centred on SME Characteristics	15
One Bad Turn Deserves Another: How Energy Production, Financial Instability, and Political Governance Crisis Sustain the Decline of FDI Inflows in the Central African Republic	15
Improving of Supply Chain Collaboration and Performance by Using Block Chain Technology as a Mediating Role and Resilience as a Moderating Variable	15
Information Technology, Inequality, and Adult Literacy in Developing Countries	15
Decomposing the Certified and Uncertified Skill Wage Gap for Production Workers in India	15
Exploring Employability of Business Graduates: Evidence from Woldia University	15
Academic Research and Institutional Breakthrough: Theoretical Analysis Under COVID-19	15
How Does Institutional Quality Affect Business Start-Up in High and Middle-Income Countries? An International Comparative Study	15