The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering
43 Pages Posted: 24 Jul 2000 Last revised: 22 Jan 2009
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The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering
The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering
Date Written: August 2002
Abstract
This paper describes board size and composition and investigates the role of venture capital in a sample of 1,116 IPO firms. First, venture capital-backed firms have fewer insider and instrumental directors and more independent outsiders. Second, we consider board composition as the outcome of a bargain between the CEO and outside shareholders. Representation of independent outsiders on the board decreases with the power of the CEO - tenure and voting control - and increases with the power of outside investors - venture capital backing and venture firm reputation. Third, within the sample of venture financed firms and also consistent with a bargaining model, the probability that a founder remains as CEO is decreasing in venture firm reputation. Finally, we examine the influence of venture capital backing and board structure on firm outcomes in the ten years after the IPO.
Note: Previously titled: The Determinants of Board Structure and Function in Entrepreneurial Firms
JEL Classification: G24, G30
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