Forcadell, Francisco JavierÚbeda, FernandoAracil, Elisa2023-11-292023-11-292021Forcadell, F. J., Úbeda, F., & Aracil, E. (2021). Effects of environmental corporate social responsibility on innovativeness of Spanish industrial SMEs. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 162, 120355https://hdl.handle.net/10115/26675This study analyzes how environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR) strategies contribute to enhancing innovativeness among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by developing technological resources. We test our hypotheses over an eight-year period using a panel of 2,405 industrial SMEs in Spain. We empirically find that ECSR drives the building of firms’ technological resources, which results in an enhancement of their technological effort or R&D and outcomes in terms of product and process innovation. ECSR intensifies innovation for innovative firms and catalyzes the inception of innovation for previously non-innovating firms, and the resultant effects are sustained over time. We contribute to the literature by analyzing the effects of ECSR in promoting the innovation of firms beyond the well-known influence on green innovation. Further, we examine the neglected research area of the environmental strategies of SMEs. Our findings strengthen the instrumental innovative value of ECSR, specifically for SMEs.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Environmental corporate social responsibilityinnovationProcess innovationProduct InnovationR&DSMEsSustainabilityinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120355info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess