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This paper discusses antecedent and consequent of green innovation from CSR perspective and proposes a conceptual framework indicating the relationship among CSR strategy, green innovation and firm performance. The conceptual framework demonstrates that CSR strategy is one important antecedent of green innovation and different green innovations contribute to different firm performance. More specifically, proactive CSR strategy more leads to radical green innovation, while reactive CSR strategy more leads to incremental green innovation; radical green innovation is more positively correlated to short-term firm performance while incremental green innovation is more positively correlated to long-term firm performance. In addition, this paper identifies two condition variables (market absorptive capability and visibility of green innovation) which influence the relationship between green innovation and firm performance.

How do corporate social responsibility (CSR) demands of stakeholders influence corporate green innovation supply? Through single case study of Narada in China, some findings are summarized as following: Firstly, firm supplies green innovation, which can improve CSR performance, to meet stakeholders' CSR demands. Furthermore, market-related stakeholders' CSR demands are more resulting in green product innovation and non-market-related stakeholders' CSR demands are more resulting in green process innovation. Secondly, internal stakeholders' CSR demands more lead to proactive green innovation and external stakeholders' CSR demands more lead to reactive green innovation. Thirdly, there are existing interactive influences between different stakeholders' CSR demands, which makes whole social CSR awareness continuously improvement.

In this study, we examine the relationship between organizational slack and firm innovativeness in transitional economy. Based upon it, we identify two moderators including strategic proactiveness and IPR protection strength, which influence the relationship between organizational slack and innovation significantly. A research framework of organizational slack and innovativeness is proposed then. Moreover, the theoretical contributions and managerial implications are discussed at the end of this study.