01480nas a2200181   4500008004100000245014900041210006900190260000900259300001400268490000700282520076600289653003201055100001801087700001801105700002001123700001801143856013701161       2016                        eng d00aMixed Blessings: How Top Management Team Heterogeneity and Governance Structure Influence the Use of Corporate Venture Capital by Post-IPO Firms0 aMixed Blessings How Top Management Team Heterogeneity and Govern  c2016  a1208-12180 v693 aThis study examines the role of the top management team (TMT) and governance structures in the use of corporate venture capital (CVC) in firms that have recently undergone an initial public offering (IPO). The study is unique in that it sheds light on governance-related antecedents of strategic decision making in such firms. We integrate the insights of behavioral agency and upper echelon perspectives to develop our hypotheses. Our results show that in the presence of non-duality, a negative curvilinear relationship exists between TMT heterogeneity and the use of CVC. We also find that TMT heterogeneity and ownership motivate the use of CVC but only up to a certain threshold. Our findings contribute to the literatures of entrepreneurship and strategy.10aStrategy & Entrepreneurship1 aSahaym, Arvin1 aCho, Sam, Yul1 aKim, Sang, Kyun1 aMousa, Fariss  uhttps://business.oregonstate.edu/biblio/mixed-blessings-how-top-management-team-heterogeneity-and-governance-structure-influence-use