Influencia del tama？o empresarial sobre los resultados: un estudio comparativo entre empresas chilenas y espa？olas

in order to contribute to an understanding of the importance that enterprise size has on the results that organizations achieve, the present study pursues two objectives. first, to perform a bibliographical review regarding the size of businesses and its relationship to business results; and second, to contrast the previous positions in order to contribute empirical evidence regarding them, through a comparative analysis of chilean and spanish firms. the contrast was made between complete panels of chilean and spanish industrial firms for the period 1999-2005, using a random effects model. employing panel data techniques, it was discovered that a relationship exists between business size and results, and, furthermore, that size is a variable that significantly influences business results. in conclusion, enterprises that want to achieve better results ought to consider business dimension or size as a relevant variable.