| The knowledge economy in Europe: a report prepared for the 2007 EU Spring Council I Brinkley, N Lee The Work Foundation, 2006 | 73 | 2006 |
| Cultural diversity, innovation, and entrepreneurship: Firm-level evidence from London M Nathan, N Lee Economic Geography 89 (4), 367-394, 2013 | 68* | 2013 |
| What holds back high-growth firms? Evidence from UK SMEs N Lee Small Business Economics 43 (1), 183-195, 2014 | 44* | 2014 |
| Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis N Lee, H Sameen, M Cowling Research policy 44 (2), 370-380, 2015 | 41* | 2015 |
| Knowledge workers, cultural diversity and innovation: evidence from London N Lee, M Nathan International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development 1 (1-2), 53-78, 2010 | 40 | 2010 |
| Ideopolis: knowledge city-regions. City case studies executive summaries A Jones, L Williams, N Lee, D Coats, M Cowling The Work Foundation, 2006 | 39 | 2006 |
| Ethnic diversity and employment growth in English cities N Lee Urban Studies 48 (2), 407, 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
| Innovation and spatial inequality in Europe and USA N Lee, A Rodríguez-Pose Journal of Economic Geography 13 (1), 1-22, 2013 | 27 | 2013 |
| Migrant and ethnic diversity, cities and innovation: Firm effects or city effects? N Lee Journal of Economic Geography 15 (4), 769-796, 2015 | 25* | 2015 |
| How UK cities can respond and drive the recovery N Lee, K Morris, A Jones The Work Foundation Leeds Programme, OECD, available at: www ..., 2009 | 23* | 2009 |
| Grim down South? The determinants of unemployment increases in British cities in the 2008–2009 recession N Lee Regional Studies 48 (11), 1761-1778, 2014 | 21 | 2014 |
| Creativity, cities, and innovation N Lee, A Rodríguez-Pose Environment and Planning A 46 (5), 1139-1159, 2014 | 19 | 2014 |
| The City and the cities: ownership, finance and the geography of recovery W Hutton, N Lee Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 5 (3), 325-337, 2012 | 18 | 2012 |
| People or Place? Urban policy in an age of austerity L Crowley, B Balaram, N Lee The Work Foundation, 2012 | 17* | 2012 |
| Short-term crisis-long-term problem? N Lee, P Sissons, B Balaram, K Jones, N Cominetti Addressing the youth employment challenge. Lancaster: The Work Foundation, 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| Original innovation, learnt innovation and cities: evidence from UK SMEs N Lee, A Rodríguez-Pose Urban Studies, 0042098012470395, 2013 | 16 | 2013 |
| Wage inequality and employment polarisation in British cities N Lee, P Sissons, K Jones London: The Work Foundation, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
| Are innovative regions more unequal? Evidence from Europe N Lee Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 29 (1), 2-23, 2011 | 14 | 2011 |
| Cities, growth and poverty: evidence review N Lee, P Sissons, C Hughes, A Green, G Atfield, D Adam, ... Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2014 | 12 | 2014 |
| Place, sorting effects and barriers to enterprise in deprived areas: Different problems or different firms? N Lee, M Cowling International Small Business Journal, 0266242612445402, 2012 | 12 | 2012 |