In 2012, the reform of the Federal Labor Law was implemented in Mexico, arguing that it was necessary to make the legislation more flexible, in order to position Mexico as a viable country to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). However, there has been little monitoring on the real effects...

This paper exploits a rich, new innovation based dataset of 555 industrial firms, located in the Emilia Romagna region in 2006-2008, to analyse complementarity in factors related to eco-innovation (EI) and to test the role of firm cooperation and internationally oriented strategies. EI is...