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- July 2015 (Revised October 2016)
- Case
China Lodging Group (A)
By: Tatiana Sandino, Shelley Xin Li and Nancy Hua Dai
This case study explores the challenges of aligning middle management interests with company goals as a company navigates rapid growth in a dynamic industry. China Lodging Group, a Chinese hotel chain that opened about 2,000 hotels during its first decade in business,...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Business or Company Management;
Growth Management;
Balanced Scorecard;
Accommodations Industry;
China
Sandino, Tatiana, Shelley Xin Li, and Nancy Hua Dai. "China Lodging Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 116-004, July 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
- July 2015 (Revised October 2016)
- Supplement
China Lodging Group (B)
By: Tatiana Sandino, Shelley Xin Li and Nancy Hua Dai
Supplements the (A) case.
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Sandino, Tatiana, Shelley Xin Li, and Nancy Hua Dai. "China Lodging Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 116-005, July 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
- 2015
- Case
Fine Harvest Restaurant Group (cases A and B)
By: Clara (Xiaoling) Chen, Kenneth A. Merchant, Tatiana Sandino and Wim A. Van der Stede
The Fine Harvest Restaurant Group cases A and B examine a company's design of a new system to evaluate the performance (and determine the bonuses) for its restaurant managers. Fine Harvest had traditionally evaluated restaurant managers based on store margins and had...
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- 2014
- Teaching Note
Fine Harvest Restaurant Group
By: Clara X. Chen, Kenneth A. Merchant, Tatiana Sandino and Wim Van der Stede
The Fine Harvest Restaurant Group cases A and B examine a company's design of a new system to evaluate the performance (and determine the bonuses) for its restaurant managers. Fine Harvest had traditionally evaluated restaurant managers based on store margins and had...
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- February 2014 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Go Mobile: Aligning District Managers and Store Teams
By: Tatiana Sandino
Indian cell phone retailer Go Mobile had implemented high-powered incentives to motivate its store employees to behave as owners and provide exceptional service. As the company scaled up, it faced multiple challenges in building a layer of district managers that were...
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Keywords:
Employee Relationship Management;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Growth Management;
Organizational Design;
Salesforce Management;
Motivation and Incentives;
Management Practices and Processes;
Telecommunications Industry;
India
Sandino, Tatiana. "Go Mobile: Aligning District Managers and Store Teams." Harvard Business School Case 114-034, February 2014. (Revised January 2024.)
- Article
Can Wages Buy Honesty?: The Relationship Between Relative Wages and Employee Theft
By: C. X. Chen and Tatiana Sandino
In this study we examine whether, for a sample of retail chains, high levels of employee compensation can deter employee theft, an increasingly common type of fraudulent behavior. Specifically, we examine the extent to which relative wages (i.e., employee wages...
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Chen, C. X., and Tatiana Sandino. "Can Wages Buy Honesty? The Relationship Between Relative Wages and Employee Theft." Journal of Accounting Research 50, no. 4 (September 2012): 967–1000.
- September 2011
- Article
On Testing Business Models
By: D. Huelsbeck, K. Merchant and Tatiana Sandino
This study explored management decisions regarding formal empirical testing of business models. It documented a test of one company's business model under seemingly favorable conditions for such a test – a successful single product firm following a consistent strategy...
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Keywords:
Performance Measurement;
Non-financial Performance Measures;
Business Models;
Management Control;
Decisions;
Business Model;
Performance Evaluation
Huelsbeck, D., K. Merchant, and Tatiana Sandino. "On Testing Business Models." Accounting Review 86, no. 5 (September 2011): 1631–1654. (Awarded a Research Grant from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.)
- July–August 2011
- Article
Putting Business Models Under the Microscope
By: K. Merchant, Tatiana Sandino and D. Huelsbeck
The article provides advice for financial managers on evaluating business models for corporate performance measurement. Emphasis is given to a study sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) that examined the business model of a medical...
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Merchant, K., Tatiana Sandino, and D. Huelsbeck. "Putting Business Models Under the Microscope." Financial Management (CIMA) (July–August 2011), 54–55.
- Winter 2011
- Article
Developing Good Measures to Advance Management Accounting and Control Research: A Discussion of 'Corporate Frugality: Theory, Measurement and Practice'
By: Tatiana Sandino
Sandino, Tatiana. "Developing Good Measures to Advance Management Accounting and Control Research: A Discussion of 'Corporate Frugality: Theory, Measurement and Practice'." Contemporary Accounting Research 28, no. 4 (Winter 2011): 1388–1396.
- April 2010
- Article
Executive Pay and 'Independent' Compensation Consultants
By: K. J. Murphy and Tatiana Sandino
Executive compensation consultants face potential conflicts of interest that can lead to higher recommended levels of CEO pay, including the desires to "cross-sell" services and to secure "repeat business." We find evidence in both the US and Canada that CEO pay is...
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Keywords:
Compensation Consultants;
Conflicts Of Interest;
CEO Pay;
Board Of Directors;
Director Pay;
Disclosure;
Conflict of Interests;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Disclosure;
Executive Compensation;
Corporate Governance;
Consulting Industry;
Canada;
United States
Murphy, K. J., and Tatiana Sandino. "Executive Pay and 'Independent' Compensation Consultants." Journal of Accounting & Economics 49, no. 3 (April 2010): 247–262.
- November 2009
- Article
Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry
Many companies operate units that are dispersed across different types of markets, and thus serve significantly diverging customer bases. Such market-type dispersion is likely to compromise the headquarter's ability to control its local managers' behavior and satisfy...
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Keywords:
Market Dispersion;
Decentralization;
Incentives;
Business Headquarters;
Geographic Location;
Governance Controls;
Distribution;
Organizational Design;
Franchise Ownership;
Retail Industry
Campbell, Dennis, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino. "Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry." Accounting Review 84, no. 6 (November 2009): 1749–1779.
- Article
Four Options for Measuring Value Creation
By: K. Merchant and Tatiana Sandino
Merchant, K., and Tatiana Sandino. "Four Options for Measuring Value Creation." Journal of Accountancy 208, no. 2 (August 2009): 34–37.
- March 2009
- Article
The Impact of Shareholder Activism on Financial Reporting and Compensation: The Case of Employee Stock Options Expensing
By: F. Ferri and Tatiana Sandino
We examine the economic consequences of more than 150 shareholder proposals to expense employee stock options (ESO) submitted during the proxy seasons of 2003 and 2004, the first case in which the SEC allowed a shareholder vote on an accounting matter. Our results...
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Keywords:
Shareholder Activism;
Shareholder Votes;
Stock Option Expensing;
Executive Compensation;
Financial Reporting;
Employee Stock Ownership Plan;
Corporate Governance;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Investment Activism
Ferri, F., and Tatiana Sandino. "The Impact of Shareholder Activism on Financial Reporting and Compensation: The Case of Employee Stock Options Expensing." Accounting Review 84, no. 2 (March 2009): 433–466.
- 2009
- Other Book
A Test of a Company's Business Model
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Tatiana Sandino
Merchant, Kenneth A., and Tatiana Sandino. A Test of a Company's Business Model. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, 2009.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Performance and Control across Multiple Markets
By: Tatiana Sandino, Dennis Campbell and Shelby Yu
Chain organizations typically operate units across different types of markets, with significantly diverging customer bases. Such market-type dispersion potentially influences performance through two channels: it makes performance a noisier indicator of store manager...
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Keywords:
Governance Controls;
Organizational Design;
Markets;
Franchise Ownership;
Performance;
Retail Industry
Sandino, Tatiana, Dennis Campbell, and Shelby Yu. "Performance and Control across Multiple Markets." American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Paper, January 2008.
- March 2008
- Article
The Business of Selling Movies
By: F. Du, J. Gong, Tatiana Sandino, W. Van der Stede and M. Young
Du, F., J. Gong, Tatiana Sandino, W. Van der Stede, and M. Young. "The Business of Selling Movies." Strategic Finance 89, no. 9 (March 2008): 35–41.
- 2007
- Working Paper
The Impact of Shareholder Activism on Financial Reporting and Compensation: The Case of Employee Stock Options Expensing
By: Fabrizio Ferri and Tatiana Sandino
In this paper we examine the economic consequences of over 150 shareholder proposals to expense employee stock options (ESO) submitted during the proxy seasons of 2003 and 2004–the first case where the SEC has allowed an accounting matter to be subject to an advisory...
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- 2007
- Contribution
Global Investors
By: K. Merchant and Tatiana Sandino
Merchant, K., and Tatiana Sandino. "Global Investors." Contribution to Management Control Systems: Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives. 2nd Edition by Kenneth A. Merchant and Wim A. Van der Stede. New York: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2007.