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The impact of international diversification on credit scores: Evidence from the UK

Hussein Halabi Orcid Logo, Ahmad Alshehabi, Geoffrey Wood, Zaheer Khan, Godfred Afrifa

International Business Review, Volume: 30, Issue: 6, Start page: 101856

Swansea University Author: Hussein Halabi Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101856

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Despite the great deal of previous research into international diversification, we know little about the impact of international diversification on firms’ credit scores. Drawing upon the resource-based view and transaction cost economics, we examine the relationship between international diversifica...

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ISSN: 0969-5931
Published: Elsevier BV 2021
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title The impact of international diversification on credit scores: Evidence from the UK
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description Despite the great deal of previous research into international diversification, we know little about the impact of international diversification on firms’ credit scores. Drawing upon the resource-based view and transaction cost economics, we examine the relationship between international diversification and credit scores by using a large sample of 6,557 UK firms between 2016 and 2017. We find an inverted U-shaped relationship between international diversification and firms’ credit scores, indicating that the effect of international diversification on credit scores is initially positive but becomes negative with over-diversification. In addition, we find that R&D intensity positively moderates the relationship between international diversification and credit score, implying that the credit scores of highly diversified firms improve as they increase their investment in R&D. Further analysis suggests that a firm’s credit score becomes less dependent on international diversification for large firms, firms in concentrated industries, firms in the manufacturing sector, and firms distant from key metropolitan areas, such as London.
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