OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the Knowledge Economy is 12. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Foreign Aid and Economic Infrastructure in the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA)	296
Forces of Dynamic Capability and Incidence of Entrepreneurship: A Macroeconomic Policy Intervention Approach	131
Concentration of Innovation Investments Along the Business Cycle	110
Renewable Energy Consumption and Sustainable Development: A Panel Cointegration Approach	94
Systems Evaluation of University-Industry Collaboration Efficiency in Iran: Current Situation and Proposed Policy Framework	80
Do Exports of Communication Technology, Food, Manufacturing, and Foreign Investments Foster Economic Growth in Pakistan? an Exploration From Asymmetric Technique	78
Assessment of Foreign Direct Investment-Led Growth Argument in South Africa Amidst Urbanization and Industrialization: Evidence from Innovation Accounting Tests	72
Moderating Role of Knowledge-Sharing on the Nexus of Digital Business and Natural Resources	72
Sustainability of Small-Scale Knowledge-Intensive Enterprises in the Agricultural Sector: a Focus on Sustainable Innovators	70
Impact of Intellectual Capital on the Financial Performance of Innovation-Driven Pharmaceutical Firms: Empirical Evidence from India	68
The Influence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Practices on US Firms’ Performance: Evidence from the Coronavirus Crisis	65
Partnership Performance Between Northern and Southern Mediterranean Countries in the First 2 Years of PRIMA Programme Implementation	53
Knowledge Transfers and Business Performance in Creative Networks	51
Finding Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Tunisia	51
R&D Spending and Economic Policy Uncertainty in Asian Countries: an Advanced Panel Data Estimation Study	50
The Assimilation of ICT Knowledge Management Practices in Organizations: an Empirical Study	49
Art-Rent Concept and Measure With Connections to an Evolving Economy	47
Economic Freedom and Productivity in Africa	46
Does Intelligence Improve the Efficiency of Technological Innovation?	46
Determinants of Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Asian Developing Countries	43
Trade Diversion and Creation Effect of Free Trade Agreements in ASEAN: Do Institutions Matter?	42
The Impact of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies on Environmental Quality in OECD Countries	40
Does Foreign Direct Investment Matter for Environmental Degradation? Empirical Evidence from Central–Eastern European Countries	39
The Mediating Effect of Corporate Governance on the Relationship Between Blockchain Technology and Investment Efficiency	39
How Corruption Mitigates the Effect of FDI on Economic Growth?	39

Host Countries’ Institutional Environment and Multinational Enterprises: Does Home-Host Developmental Status Matter?	38
Analyzing the Competitive Advantage’s Criteria of Science and Technology Parks and Incubators Using DEMATEL Approach	37
What Will Be the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Human Capital and Economic Growth? Evidence from Eurozone	37
Corruption Control, Government Effectiveness and Banking Stability: Does Corruption Grease or Sand the Wheels?	35
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”	35
Knowledge and Innovation Within Chinese Firms in the Space Sector	34
Do Remittances Crowd-In or Crowd-Out Domestic Investment? An Empirical Analysis of 24 Low-Income Countries	33
Linear or Nonlinear? Investigation an Affect of Public Subsidies on SMEs R&D Investment	33
Vertical segregation, innovation, and gender diversity in Spain’s industrial sector	32
Bridging the ‘Valley of Death’: Can Agile Principles Be Applied in Industry-Academia Research and Innovation Projects?	32
Is There a Size Premium for Nations?	32
Does the Efficiency of a Firm’s Intellectual Capital and Working Capital Management Affect Its Performance?	30
Environmental Sustainability and Regulatory Quality in Emerging Economies: Empirical Evidence from Eastern European Region	30
The Effect of Knowledge Management Practices Exploration and Exploitation on Individual Performance and Empowerment	29
Is Income Inequality Influenced by Financial Knowledge? A Macroeconomic and Longitudinal Analysis	29
Evaluating the Impacts of Subsidy Removal by Using a Linear-Quadratic Storage Model: the Case of Tunisian Sugar Industry	28
Technology Entrepreneurship: a Model for the European Case	28
Testing the External Shock Narrative of the Conflict on Transition Towards Knowledge Economy in Syria	27
Hunting for the Elusive (the Appraisal of Research as a Conundrum)	27
The Knowledge Content of the Greek Production Structure in the Aftermath of the Greek Crisis	26
Research Effort and Economic Growth	26
A Pooled Overview of the European National Innovation Systems Through the Lenses of the Community Innovation Survey	26
Knowledge Economy and the Economic Performance of African Countries: A Seemingly Unrelated and Recursive Approach	26
Servant Leadership, Job Crafting Behaviours, and Work Outcomes: Does Employee Conscientiousness Matters?	26
The Impact of Intergenerational Succession Intention on Family Firm’s Innovation Strategy: Evidence from China	26
Evolutionary Stages and Paths of Innovation Networks in Industrial Clusters: Case Study of Nanchong Silk-Spinning Garment Industry Cluster (SSGIC)	25
Chronological Evolution of the Information-Driven Decision-Making Process (1950–2020)	25
Impact of Environmental Quality on Health Outcomes in Saudi Arabia: Does Research and Development Matter?	25
Blockchain Adoption and Financial Distress: Mediating Role of Information Asymmetry	25
Research Trends of Creative Industries in Indonesia: A Bibliometric Analysis	25
A Critical Assessment of Interrelationship Among Corporate Governance, Financial Performance, Refined Economic Value Added to Measure Firm Value and Return on Stock	24
STEM Education and Growth in Europe	23
Business Model and Firm Performance in Tunisian Firms: a Mediated Moderation Analysis	23
The Effect of Corruption on Environmental Quality: Evidence from a Panel of CIS Countries	22
The Impact of Renewable Energy on the Environment and Socio-economic Welfare: Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries	21
The Role of Institutional Quality in Finance-Growth Nexus: Evidence from North African Countries	21
Analyzing the Role of Governance, ICT, and Urbanization on Environment in South Asian Countries	21
Economies as 'Makers' or 'Users': Rectifying the Polysemic Quandary with a Dualist Taxonomy	21
Are the Major Knowledge-producing Countries Converging in Science and Technology Capabilities?	21
Do Institutional Quality and Natural Resources Affect the Outward Foreign Direct Investment of G7 Countries?	20
Political Control and Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry: Strengthening the Quality of Democracy	20
Inter-organisational Cooperation Oriented Towards Sustainability Involving SMEs: a Systematic Literature Review	20
University-Industry Technology Transfer in India: a Plausible Model Based on Success Stories from the USA, Japan, and Israel	20
Organizational Innovation as Business Strategy: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis	19
Interactive Components of Digital MSMEs Ecosystem for Inclusive Digital Economy in Indonesia	19
Growth Determinants of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs): Evidence from Entrepreneurs in the Eastern Region of Ethiopia	19
Socioeconomic Determinants of Migration in the City of Lahore, Pakistan	18
Renewable Energy and CO2 Emissions: Evidence from Rapidly Urbanizing Countries	18
Infectious Diseases, Trade, and Economic Growth: a Panel Analysis of Developed and Developing Countries	18
Revisiting Research and Development Expenditures and Trade Adjusted Emissions: Green Innovation and Renewable Energy R&D Role for Developed Countries	18

Increasing Burdens or Reducing Costs: Influence of Corporate Social Responsibility on Cost Stickiness	18
Institutions and Environmentally Adjusted Efficiency	17
The Role of Export Quality in Energy–Growth Nexus: Evidence from Newly Industrialized Countries	17
Scientific Knowledge Valorization in the Public R&D Sector: a Survey and a PLS-SEM Approach	17
Legal Institutions of Human Capital: Property, Contract, and Organisation	16
Can Digitalization Improve the High-quality Development of Manufacturing? An Analysis Based on Chinese Provincial Panel Data	16
Correction: Finding Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Tunisia	16
Beyond the Swipe: Investigating the Interplay of Technology, Media, and Human Behavior in Digital Romance	16
Rural Employment Through Product Development: Entrepreneurial Framework for Grassroot Level Innovations	16
Location Matters: a Novel Methodology for Patent’s National Phase Process	16
Innovation and Firm Productivity in Central America	16
Going Green: How Executive Environmental Awareness and Green Innovation Drive Corporate Sustainable Development	16
The Impact of Market Concentration on Bank Risk-Taking: Evidence from a Panel Threshold Model	15
Investigating the Relationship Between Informal Economy and Competitiveness in Iran’s Metropolises	15
Innovation, Energy Consumption and Trade Dynamic: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries	15
Knowledge and Technology Transfer Channels Used by the Academy: Evidence from Mexico	15
Revisiting the Nexus of FDI-Led Growth Hypothesis and Economic Development in Rwanda: a Johansen-ARDL Approach to Cointegration	15
A Dual Mediation Model between Entrepreneurial Intention and Subsequent Actions: Loss Aversion and Affordable Loss	15
Unlocking Teacher Job Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Multi-criteria Satisfaction Analysis	15
Defining the Relationship Between Firm’s Performance and Delisting: Empirical Evidence of Going Private in Europe	15
Influence of Employees’ Intention to Adopt AI Applications and Big Data Analytical Capability on Operational Performance in the High-Tech Firms	14
Barriers and Strategies for Digitalisation of Economy in Developing Countries: Pakistan, a Case in Point	14
Is Intellectual Property Beneficial to Knowledge Management? Literature Review on Organizational Knowledge Protection	14
Evolution of Knowledge Structure in an Emerging Field Based on a Triple Helix Model: the Case of Smart Factory	14
Analyzing the Role of High-Tech Industrial Agglomeration in Green Transformation and Upgrading of Manufacturing Industry: the Case of China	14
Determinants of Economic Growth for the Last Half of Century: A Panel Data Analysis on 50 Countries	14
Does Investment in Human Capital via Education Stimulate Economic Growth in an Oil-Rich Country? A Case Study of Saudi Arabia	14
The Dynamic Role of Financial Development in Analyzing the N-Shaped Tourism-Led Growth Hypothesis in Mauritius	14
Managing Knowledge to Improve Performance: the Impact of Leadership Style and Knowledge Management on Organizational Performance with Moderation Effects via PLS-SEM	14
The Role of Community Engagement in Urban Innovation Towards the Co-Creation of Smart Sustainable Cities	14
Do Shadow Economy and Institutions Lessen the Environmental Pollution? Evidence from Panel of ASEAN-9 Economies	13
Co-creating Knowledge with Robots: System, Synthesis, and Symbiosis	13
Economic Uncertainty During COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America and Asia	13
Democracy and Banking Stability: Is the Relationship U-Shaped?	13
Nexus Between Sustainable Development, Adjusted Net Saving, Economic Growth, and Financial Development in South Asian Emerging Economies	13
Does Corruption Hinderance Economic Growth Despite Surge of Remittance and Capital Inflows Since Economic Liberalization in an Emerging Economy, India	13
Comparative Study of Knowledge-Based Economic Strength Between China and the USA	13
Demand-Side Mobile Money Drivers of Financial Inclusion: Minimum Economic Growth Thresholds for Mobile Money Innovations	13
Evaluation of Industry 4.0 Applications in Production	13
The Casual Effect of Family Size on the Human Capital in Iranian Society	13
Quality Management Practices and Innovation: the Moderating Effect of ISO 9001 Certification	13
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Financial Markets: a Global Perspective	12
Catalyzing Urban Dynamics: Fostering Information Exchange, Encouraging Innovation, and Facilitating Knowledge Creation in the Macau Peninsula	12
Does Innovation Make Nations More Healthy? Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries	12
Quantitative Analysis of Human Behavior in Environmental Protection	12
Corruption, Political Instability, and Environmental Degradation in South Asia: a Comparative Analysis of Carbon Footprint and Ecological Footprint	12
The Impact of Logistics on Four Dimensions of Food Security in Developing Countries	12
Modeling the Contribution of Energy Consumption to Climate Change: A Panel Cointegration Analysis for Mediterranean Countries	12
Information Technology, Inequality, and Adult Literacy in Developing Countries	12
Anticipating Ecological Challenges in the Era of Constructive Land Expansion: A Dynamic Approach to Early Ecological Warnings for Sustainable Urban Development	12
Discovering Knowledge and Cognitive Based Drivers for SMEs Internationalization	12
Improving of Supply Chain Collaboration and Performance by Using Block Chain Technology as a Mediating Role and Resilience as a Moderating Variable	12
Hydropower Energy Consumption, Financial Development, Foreign Direct Investment, and Economic Growth: Further Evidence from Newly Industrialized Countries	12
Facilitating and Inhibiting Effects of Organisational Ambidexterity in SME: an Analysis Centred on SME Characteristics	12
Exploring Employability of Business Graduates: Evidence from Woldia University	12
Mediating Effect of Competitive Strategy Between Entrepreneur Characteristics and the Performance of Non-timber Forest Product SMEs in Kenya	12