Abstract
Recently, the contributions regarding the organizational theory highlight the importance of the symbiotic evolution between organizations and their environment. This study addresses this relation considering skilled labor migration as an environmental element that influences the evolution of business organizations, manifested, shown in isomorphism. In turn, isomorphism is measured by means of two indicators: the level of diversification of the economic sectors, and the number of companies certified with quality standards. The effect of greater migration of people with higher education in the indicators of isomorphism for 78 Mexican cities is estimated through econometric models, using instrumental variables to control endogeneity of the migration. The results provide evidence that skilled labor migration has an effect on both indicators, but it is necessary to cross a threshold so that it influences the isomorphism of the companies in the Mexican cities.
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