Innovation and Knowledge Management
Innovation and Knowledge Management is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 55k research works in it since 1953. 36.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers revolves around the topics of knowledge management, organizational innovation, and strategic capabilities. It encompasses research on dynamic capabilities, knowledge transfer, business models, innovation networks, organizational learning, absorptive capacity, strategic alliances, social capital, resource-based view, and market orientation.
- Dynamic Capabilities
- Knowledge Transfer
- Business Models
- Innovation Networks
- Organizational Learning
- Absorptive Capacity
- Strategic Alliances
- Social Capital
- Resource-Based View
- Market Orientation
- Research works
- 55k fractional, since 1953
- In the world top 10%
- 20k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 36.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -12% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Innovation and Knowledge Management research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 842 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.3k works
- 2 United States 842 works
- 3 United Kingdom 428 works
- 4 Germany 381 works
- 5 Brazil 343 works
- 6 Italy 320 works
- 7 India 305 works
- 8 France 232 works
- 9 Spain 212 works
- 10 Indonesia 160 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Innovation and Knowledge Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Copenhagen Business School publishes the most Innovation and Knowledge Management research, followed by Aalborg University and Tsinghua University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 49 works
- 2 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 28 works
- 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 24 works
- 4 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 24 works
- 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 23 works
- 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 19 works
- 7 Tongji UniversityChina 19 works
- 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 19 works
- 9 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 19 works
- 10 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Innovation and Knowledge Management?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Innovation and Knowledge Management include Jay B. Barney, Shelby D. Hunt and Michael E. Porter.
- 1 Jay B. Barney United States 10k citations
- 2 Shelby D. Hunt United States 5.5k citations
- 3 Michael E. Porter United States 4.7k citations
- 4 David B. Audretsch United States 3.7k citations
- 5 Michael L. Tushman United States 3.6k citations
- 6 Yogesh K. Dwivedi United Kingdom 3.2k citations
- 7 Michael A. Hitt United States 3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Innovation and Knowledge Management research done?
The largest centres of Innovation and Knowledge Management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Hangzhou (China) and London (United Kingdom).
Where is the best place to study Innovation and Knowledge Management?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Vaasa, University of Beira Interior and University of Reading score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of VaasaFinland | 73.9 | 53.6% | 40.4× | 16 | +57.4% |
| 2 | University of Beira InteriorPortugal | 73.7 | 48.0% | 22.3× | 18 | +141.4% |
| 3 | University of ReadingUnited Kingdom | 70.8 | 57.1% | 9.0× | 13 | +66.7% |
| 4 | University of BayreuthGermany | 66.8 | 56.6% | 7.1× | 9 | +184.0% |
| 5 | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFinland | 66.7 | 52.4% | 20.7× | 16 | -28.5% |
| 6 | HEC MontréalCanada | 65.5 | 44.0% | 46.5× | 17 | +22.0% |
| 7 | BI Norwegian Business SchoolNorway | 64.7 | 42.2% | 55.0× | 17 | +15.9% |
| 8 | Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark | 61.6 | 28.0% | 40.1× | 49 | -20.5% |
| 9 | University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam | 55.6 | 43.5% | 14.1× | 8 | — |
| 10 | Bocconi UniversityItaly | 54.7 | 29.3% | 27.5× | 18 | -5.8% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Innovation and Knowledge Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Innovation and Knowledge Management.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.