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Corporate Social Responsibility Integration, Stakeholder Management and Green Product Innovation——Case Study on ROBAM

Mao Yunshi, Wang Jing   

  1. Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275
  • Received:2018-09-03 Online:2019-07-28 Published:2019-07-28

Abstract:

Sustainable business model that focuses on corporate social responsibility is receiving increasing attention. From the perspective of stakeholder theory, this paper focuses on how companies integrate corporate social responsibility and corporate business model to realize continuous green product innovation. Through the case study of ROBAM company which provides continuing green product innovation from single green product innovation, providing green solutions to building green product ecosystem, this paper finds that:①The focus of stakeholders concerns is from market stakeholders to non-market stakeholders, and the expansion of concerns of stakeholders interest can trigger the continuous green product innovation;②the continuous expansion of the ability of enterprises to integrate stakeholders is an important support for the continuous green product innovation;③Through paying attention to the interests of customers and improving continuously, enterprise can realize incremental green product innovation; Through paying attention to non-market stakeholders such as the government, the media and the public, enterprise will find new business opportunities and achieve radical green product innovation. Compared with traditional product innovation, green product innovation has higher requirements for product creative ability, and the integration of the green creative ability of the public is of great importance to the company's green product innovation.

Key words: stakeholder concern, stakeholder integration, incremental green product innovation, radical green product innovation, sustainable business model, ROBAM