Complementarity between CSR dimensions and innovation: behaviour, objective or both?

This research assesses the impact of combining economic, social and environmental dimensions corporate responsibility (CSR) on firm innovation. In particular, we test whether three CSR (economic, environmental) are interrelated (behavioural complementarity), their joined adoption will generate super-additive innovation performance effects (objective complementarity). To that end, draw Community Innovation Survey (CIS) for Spain during period 2009–2014. The analyses confirm behavioural complementarity among CSR, as well differences objective complementarities depending measure considered. combination dimension with any two others (economic is one gives best results in terms radical innovation, whereas both economic seem to be fundamental foster incremental These have implications academics practitioners, since they provide useful guidelines design order enhance