Effects of corporate social responsibility towards stakeholders and environmental management on responsible innovation and competitiveness

Over the years, the idea of corporate social responsibility has attracted the interest both of practitioners and researchers. While a discourse has occurred in the context of the meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), there is no extensive analysis of the latest contributions. To address this gap, three objectives have been formulated for the purpose of this paper: to analyse development trends in CSR definitions, to assess the applicability of scientific efforts in the above-mentioned area and to demonstrate future research opportunities and threats based on the state-of-the-art in CSR. An organized literature review and bibliometric methods have been proposed based on 55 articles published in the “Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Journal”, the top ranked periodical with the highest Impact Factor, from its beginnings to January 2021. This research provides a clear overview of the recent CSR trends that are present in the literature, by pinpointing those works that refer to significant characteristics and indicate future trajectories of CSR in a managerial practical context, particularly important for the effectiveness of future CSR-oriented organizational activities. This paper summarises the existing CSR-related knowledge and constitutes the first attempt to investigate the process of the creation and development of the corporate social responsibility concept from its origins to its contemporary multidimensionality.

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Corporate social responsibility, product innovation, and product line

Nankai Business Review International ◽

10.1108/nbri-01-2019-0002 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 171-190

Author(s):

Heng Xu

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Transportation Cost ◽

Policy Formulation ◽

Product Line ◽

Responsible Innovation ◽

Socially Responsible ◽

Basic Product ◽

Content Type ◽

Corporate Social

Purpose This paper aims to investigate a firm’s incentive to innovate its basic product to be socially responsible and its decision on the product line. By constructing a competition model, the paper examines the factors that affect the firm’s choice on its product line with the socially responsible innovation in the presence of altruistic consumers. Such factors include the proportion of the altruistic consumers, the firm’s coordination cost with the basic and innovative products, as well as the consumer’s transportation cost. Design/methodology/approach In a model of differentiated products with the competition, the author assumes that a portion of consumers has a strong preference for the socially responsible product (e.g. altruistic consumers). A firm is able to attract altruistic consumers with a socially responsible innovation but it may incur a coordination cost when both the basic and the innovated products are manufactured and sold. In a framework of a sequential game, the firms make a decision on the prices, innovation inputs, as well as the choice on its product line to achieve the expected profit maximization. Findings The firm has the incentive to engage in socially responsible innovation to better compete with its rivals. More importantly, the results of the paper explain why some firms wish to manufacture and sell the basic product even though the innovation is successful. The main factors that affect such a firm’s decision include the proportion of the altruistic consumers, the aggregate benefit to all the consumers who purchase the innovative product, the firm’s potential coordination cost and the consumer’s transportation cost. Originality/value The paper sheds light on a firm’s corporate social responsibility innovation and its product line determination. The results of this paper can be widely applied in the firm’s strategy of engaging in corporate social responsibility with eco-friendly elements that can attract altruistic consumers in the market. In addition, the findings of the paper can also contribute to policy formulation in terms of innovation. Such a result enables the policymakers to understand the factors that affect the firm’s motivation on innovation and helps them to better guide the firms efficiently participate in the research and development activities.

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Responsible innovation in industry: a cautionary note on corporate social responsibility

Journal of Responsible Innovation ◽

10.1080/23299460.2016.1178896 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 81-87 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Thomas A. Hemphill

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Responsible Innovation ◽

Cautionary Note ◽

Corporate Social

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Perempuan dan pemaknaan triple bottom line di kawasan mangrove surabaya

Jurnal Studi Komunikasi (Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies) ◽

10.25139/jsk.v3i3.1588 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 444

Author(s):

Anastasia Yuni Widyaningrum ◽

Yuli Nugraheni

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Nature Conservation ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Natural Environment ◽

Triple Bottom Line ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Mangrove Area ◽

Corporate Social

Mangrove area identically are slum because they are located in river estuaries with unplanned environmental management. Not so with the mangrove area at Gunung Anyar Tambak Surabaya. Women in this region actively carry out nature conservation and protect the environment so that they are well preserved. This research was conducted with the aim to find out how women interpret the triple bottom line concept as a pillar of Corporate Social Responsibility implemented by the National Electricity Company of East Java. Data was collected by FGD, interviews and also environmental observations. Phenomenology as a theory and also the method used in this study. Triple bottom line concept and Corporate Social Responsibility are used to analyse. The results of the study show that the meaning of women about the triple bottom line concept is a part of their daily lives that cannot be separated. The existence and absence of a Corporate Social Responsibility program from the National Electricity Company will make women in the mangrove area of Gunung Anyar Tambak continue to carry out environmental hygiene from garbage flowing in the river. Thus the triple bottom line pillar, namely planet (natural environment) is maintained and benefits profit (profit, second pillar) and this is an active awareness (people, third pillar) of women in the mangrove area of Gunung Anyar Tambak Surabaya.

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A pesquisa em gestão da sustentabilidade ambiental: evolução intelectual e agenda futura a partir de um estudo bibliométrico de citação e cocitação

Desenvolvimento em Questão ◽

10.21527/2237-6453.2018.42.342-374 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (42) ◽

pp. 342

Author(s):

Marco André Assan ◽

Fernando Ribeiro Serra ◽

Silvia Regina Meira ◽

Claudia Terezinha Kniess

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Environmental Economics ◽

Business Strategy ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Ecological Economics ◽

Web Of Knowledge ◽

Corporate Social

Este artigo tem como objetivo compreender a estrutura intelectual que conecta teorias e autores que pesquisam a gestão da sustentabilidade em relação ao desafio das organizações como intuito de propor uma agenda para pesquisa futura no tema. Trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliométrica a partir dos artigos publicados em periódicos internacionais. Foi realizada uma pesquisa na base de dados “Web of Science – ISI Web Of Knowledge”, considerando quatro periódicos de referência nos anos disponíveis na base: Business Strategy and the Environment (FI=2,877), Corporate social responsibility and environmental management (FI=2,804), Ecological Economics (FI=4,062), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (FI=3,398). Foi realizada análise bibliométrica sobre o conteúdo estudado nos artigos de gestão da sustentabilidade, identificando os trabalhos mais referenciados, as publicações mais relevantes, e os periódicos da amostra. Foi feita também uma análise de cocitação, demostrando as relações conceituais entre os trabalhos que fundamentam o tema e identificando tendências dos estudos sobre o tema. Os resultados identificam três grandes áreas de estudo: “importância e desafios para a sustentabilidade ambiental”, que está ligada a três fatores da análise fatorial – “alertas, urgência e avaliação da sustentabilidade” (F2), “custos e riscos da não-sutentabilidade” (F4) e “valor dos bens e serviços ambientais” (F5); “crescimento econômico e meio-ambiente” (F1); “sustentabilidade e vantagem competitiva” (F3). O artigo contribui para a melhor contribuição do tema sustentabilidade e para a orientação de pesquisas futuras.

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