James A. Cunningham

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
104 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

James A. Cunningham is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Cunningham has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 35 papers in Strategy and Management and 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in James A. Cunningham's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (39 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (27 papers) and Innovation Policy and R&D (15 papers). James A. Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (39 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (27 papers) and Innovation Policy and R&D (15 papers). James A. Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand. James A. Cunningham's co-authors include Matthias Menter, Maribel Guerrero, David Urbano, Erik E. Lehmann, Conor O’Kane, Paul O’Reilly, Grace Walsh, Albert N. Link, David B. Audretsch and Donald F. Kuratko and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

James A. Cunningham

101 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Economic impact of entrepreneurial universities’ activities: An exploratory study of the United Kingdom

2014 368 citations Maribel Guerrero, James A. Cunningham et al. profile →
Entrepreneurial ecosystems: economic, technological, and societal impacts

2018 299 citations James A. Cunningham, Erik E. Lehmann et al. The Journal of Technology Transfer profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James A. Cunningham United Kingdom	30	1.9k	1.1k	623	390	386	104	3.2k
Vincent Mangematin France	31	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.7×	892 1.4×	255 0.7×	381 1.0×	103	3.4k
Michael Kitson United Kingdom	22	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 2.0×	827 2.1×	212 0.5×	70	4.0k
Robert Huggins United Kingdom	39	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	1.9k 3.0×	1.1k 2.8×	364 0.9×	158	5.0k
Mário Franco Portugal	34	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	543 0.9×	140 0.4×	310 0.8×	228	3.9k
Michael Dowling Germany	21	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	638 1.0×	60 0.2×	578 1.5×	72	2.7k
Francesco Lissoni Italy	26	2.4k 1.3×	2.4k 2.1×	2.7k 4.4×	776 2.0×	437 1.1×	55	5.4k
Jakob Edler United Kingdom	29	921 0.5×	2.1k 1.9×	1.7k 2.8×	676 1.7×	242 0.6×	147	4.5k
Mohan Subramaniam United States	20	978 0.5×	3.7k 3.2×	721 1.2×	58 0.1×	628 1.6×	34	5.0k
Jan Brinckmann Germany	18	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	894 1.4×	57 0.1×	960 2.5×	35	3.5k
Jingwen Huang China	21	669 0.4×	2.2k 2.0×	701 1.1×	29 0.1×	232 0.6×	48	4.3k

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Romano, Marco, et al.. (2025). Intellectual capital-based research impact management: a strategic approach to increase regional intellectual capital. Journal of Intellectual Capital. 26(7). 24–42.

Cunningham, James A., et al.. (2025). The evolution of university technology transfer research: a text mining approach. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 50(3). 1231–1268. 1 indexed citations

Cunningham, James A., et al.. (2025). The academic, the entrepreneur, the female in a dress: a micro-level exploration of multiple role identities. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. 31(7). 1775–1804.

Collings, David G., Marian Crowley‐Henry, James A. Cunningham, et al.. (2025). Shaping Management Scholarship in Ireland - Editorial Perspectives on the Irish Journal of Management. 44(2). 141–154. 1 indexed citations

Cunningham, James A., et al.. (2024). Academic entrepreneurship in the humanities and social sciences: a systematic literature review and research agenda. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 49(5). 1880–1913. 2 indexed citations

Abid, Nabila, et al.. (2024). A thematic review of 45 years of The Journal of Technology Transfer. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 50(4). 1739–1784. 1 indexed citations

Cunningham, James A., et al.. (2023). R&D Leadership Styles and Behaviors: A Review and Research Agenda. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 10314–10340. 5 indexed citations

Walsh, Grace & James A. Cunningham. (2023). Business failure and entrepreneur experiences of passion. International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship. 42(3). 283–307. 5 indexed citations

Cunningham, James A., et al.. (2023). MSME technology adoption, entrepreneurial mindset and value creation: a configurational approach. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 48(5). 1574–1598. 27 indexed citations

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Vega, Arturo, et al.. (2023). A micro-level study of research impact and motivational diversity. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 49(4). 1303–1346. 2 indexed citations

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Nyuur, Richard B., et al.. (2022). Dynamic capabilities and organizational ambidexterity: New strategies from emerging market multinational enterprises in Nigeria. Thunderbird International Business Review. 64(5). 493–509. 23 indexed citations

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O’Kane, Conor, Jing A. Zhang, Jarrod Haar, & James A. Cunningham. (2022). How scientists interpret and address funding criteria: value creation and undesirable side effects. Small Business Economics. 61(2). 799–826. 1 indexed citations

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Cantner, Uwe, et al.. (2022). The dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems: an empirical investigation. R and D Management. 53(4). 656–674. 25 indexed citations

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Walsh, Grace, et al.. (2021). What business schools do to support academic entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review and future research agenda. Studies in Higher Education. 46(5). 988–999. 20 indexed citations

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Cunningham, James A., Erik E. Lehmann, & Matthias Menter. (2021). The organizational architecture of entrepreneurial universities across the stages of entrepreneurship: a conceptual framework. Small Business Economics. 59(1). 11–27. 56 indexed citations

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Cunningham, James A., et al.. (2020). The role of the entrepreneurial university in building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in a post conflict economy: An exploratory study of Rwanda. Thunderbird International Business Review. 62(5). 549–563. 16 indexed citations

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Cunningham, James A., Matthias Menter, & Conor O’Kane. (2017). Value creation in the quadruple helix: a micro level conceptual model of principal investigators as value creators. R and D Management. 48(1). 136–147. 89 indexed citations

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Guerrero, Maribel, et al.. (2017). Determinants of Graduates' Start-Ups Creation across a Multi-Campus Entrepreneurial University: The Case of Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. Journal of Small Business Management. 56(1). 150–178. 89 indexed citations

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Cunningham, James A., et al.. (2016). Entrepreneurial Psychological Capital: A Different Way of Understanding Entrepreneurial Capacity. Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University). 11 indexed citations

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Cunningham, James A., et al.. (1963). LATERAL STABILITY OF RIGID POLES PARTIALLY EMBEDDED IN SAND. Highway Research Record. 2 indexed citations

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