Litov, Lubomir P.; Liu, Xia (Summer); Megginson, William L. - 2021
We examine the effect of board members with venture capital experience (i.e., VC directors) on executive incentives at …-taking incentives (i.e., vega) and greater pay-for-performance sensitivity (i.e., delta). These effects are more substantial if VC …-taking incentives of the CEO instilled by such directors. Lastly, we find that having VC directors on nominating and/or governance …