“…Since GI is complex and sophisticated (Cainelli et al, 2015), firms need many knowledgerelated resources and capacities to achieve it (De Marchi and Grandinetti, 2013;Cainelli et al, 2015). Previous studies found that external knowledge search, external involvement, external integration, green learning orientation and networks can affect GI (Delgado-Ceballos et al, 2012;Dangelico et al, 2013;Cainelli et al, 2015;Ghisetti et al, 2015;Arfi et al, 2018;Liao, 2018a;Liao and Long, 2019;Wang et al, 2020aWang et al, , 2020b, and researchers emphasized the importance of collaboration with social actors to develop GI (Melander, 2018;Arfi et al, 2018;Jov e-Llopis and Segarra-Blasco, 2018;Ardito et al, 2019). Extensive research shows that firms can acquire resources to facilitate GI by diversified cooperation (Delgado-Ceballos et al, 2012;Du et al, 2018;Liao, 2018b;Zhao et al, 2018;Melander, 2018;Ardito, et al, 2019).…”