Artificial intelligence adoption and green collaborative innovation: knowledge-based channels and governance conditions

Purpose This study aims to examine whether and how firm-level artificial intelligence (AI) adoption promotes green collaborative innovation. It focuses on two knowledge-based capability channels, namely, knowledge learning capability and green governance capability, and investigates the organizational and institutional conditions under which the innovation effect of AI varies. ## Design/methodology/approach This study uses panel data on Chinese A-share listed firms from 2012 to 2023.