Whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) affects corporate innovation remains controversial in the literature. We re-examine this issue using a newly available comprehensive innovation database on 20 countries and find support for the view that CSR performance fosters innovation. This effect of CSR is reflected on corporate innovation through its environmental and social dimensions. We also show that the effect of CSR on corporate innovation is less pronounced in emerging countries, but this is driven only by the environmental dimension of CSR. Finally, in comparison to common-law countries, we report a more positive impact of CSR on innovation in civil-law countries.

企业社会责任（CSR）是否影响企业创新在文献中仍存在争议。我们使用20个国家/地区的最新综合创新数据库来重新审视此问题，并支持企业社会责任绩效促进创新的观点。企业社会责任的这种影响通过其环境和社会层面反映在企业创新上。我们还表明，在新兴国家，企业社会责任对企业创新的影响不那么明显，但这仅受企业社会责任的环境影响驱动。最后，与普通法国家相比，我们报告了企业社会责任对民法国家创新的积极影响。