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- 2024
- Working Paper
The Impact of Culture Consistency on Subunit Outcomes
By: Jasmijn Bol, Robert Grasser, Serena Loftus and Tatiana Sandino
We examine the association between subunit culture consistency—defined as the
congruence between the organizational values espoused by top management and those
perceived and practiced by subunit employees—and subunit outcomes. Using data
from 235 subunits of a North...
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Bol, Jasmijn, Robert Grasser, Serena Loftus, and Tatiana Sandino. "The Impact of Culture Consistency on Subunit Outcomes." Working Paper, January 2024.
- December 2023
- Teaching Note
Buurtzorg
By: Ethan Bernstein and Tatiana Sandino
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-101. As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were...
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- December 2023
- Supplement
Research In Motion: Launching and Scaling the World's First Smartphone Empire (B)
By: Tatiana Sandino and Samuel Grad
- December 2023
- Supplement
Research In Motion: Launching and Scaling the World's First Smartphone Empire (C)
By: Tatiana Sandino and Samuel Grad
- December 2023 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
Research In Motion: Launching and Scaling the World's First Smartphone Empire (A)
By: Tatiana Sandino and Samuel Grad
In 2005, Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry smartphone was a sensation. After its launch in 1999, the groundbreaking BlackBerry had captured the hearts and minds of corporate America through its secure wireless email service. The device was so addictive and...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Innovation and Management;
Technological Innovation;
Business or Company Management;
Management Style;
Product Development;
Managerial Roles;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Technology Industry;
United States;
Canada
- October 2023
- Teaching Note
Fermenting Accounting Problems at Vermont Kombucha Corp.
By: Tatiana Sandino and Marshal Herrmann
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-064.
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- September 2023
- Module Note
Live Case Exercise for Financial Reporting
By: Tatiana Sandino and Marshal Herrmann
Harvard Business School employs the case method as a cornerstone of its pedagogy, providing students with opportunities to engage in discussions related to difficult or contentious decisions confronted by real-world organizations. In this “live case,” we depart from...
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- April 2023 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
Fermenting Accounting Problems at Vermont Kombucha Corp.
By: Tatiana Sandino and Marshal Herrmann
Founded in 2005, Vermont Kombucha Corp. (V-Ko) was an early mover in the fledgling U.S. market for kombucha, a drink brewed for its health benefits. Early on, the company captured more than 90% of market share. Under the leadership of its founder and CEO, Joe Williams,...
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Keywords:
Going Public;
Business Model;
Financial Reporting;
Ethics;
Corporate Governance;
Stock Shares;
Food and Beverage Industry
Sandino, Tatiana, and Marshal Herrmann. "Fermenting Accounting Problems at Vermont Kombucha Corp." Harvard Business School Case 123-064, April 2023. (Revised July 2023.)
- June 2022 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Buurtzorg
By: Ethan Bernstein, Tatiana Sandino, Joost Minnaar and Annelena Lobb
As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were empowered to manage themselves, both in...
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Keywords:
Healthcare;
Best Practices;
Best Practices Transfer;
Flat Organization;
Self-Managed Organizations;
Self-Managed Teams;
Organizational Learning;
Knowledge Management;
Learning;
Management Practices and Processes;
Human Resources;
Communication;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Groups and Teams;
Networks;
Health Industry;
Netherlands;
Europe
Bernstein, Ethan, Tatiana Sandino, Joost Minnaar, and Annelena Lobb. "Buurtzorg." Harvard Business School Case 122-101, June 2022. (Revised January 2023.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Effects of Structured Sharing of Best Practices in an Unstructured Information Sharing System
By: Shelley Xin Li and Tatiana Sandino
Unstructured information sharing systems, such as certain enterprise social networks (ESNs), can
supplement top-down knowledge transfer with a wide array of ideas through peer-to-peer
knowledge sharing. However, the unstructured nature of such systems can also lead...
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Keywords:
Retail;
Best Practices;
Enterprise Social Media;
Management Accounting And Control Systems;
Knowledge Sharing;
Networks;
Management Systems;
Management Practices and Processes;
Social Media;
Europe
Li, Shelley Xin, and Tatiana Sandino. "Effects of Structured Sharing of Best Practices in an Unstructured Information Sharing System." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-085, February 2021. (Revised March 2023.)
- July 2020
- Article
Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain
By: Carolyn Deller and Tatiana Sandino
We examine how changing the allocation of hiring decision rights in a multiunit organization affects employee-firm match quality, contingent on a unit’s circumstances. Our research site, a U.S. retail chain, switched from a decentralized hiring model (hiring by...
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Keywords:
Control;
Selection;
Decentralization;
Company Values;
Retail Chains;
Employees;
Selection and Staffing;
Local Range;
Business Headquarters;
Decision Making
Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino. "Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain." Accounting Review 95, no. 4 (July 2020): 173–198.
- February 2020
- Article
Effects of a Tournament Incentive Plan Incorporating Managerial Discretion in a Geographically Dispersed Organization
By: Carolyn Deller and Tatiana Sandino
Using retail chain data, we study the effects of a tournament incentive plan based primarily on objective performance, but incorporating managerial discretion in the selection of winners. In principle, such plans could motivate employees to perform both at a high...
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Keywords:
Tournaments;
Subjectivity;
Motivation and Incentives;
Fairness;
Performance Improvement;
Geographic Location
Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino. "Effects of a Tournament Incentive Plan Incorporating Managerial Discretion in a Geographically Dispersed Organization." Management Science 66, no. 2 (February 2020): 911–931.
- January 2020
- Article
Compensation Consultants and the Level, Composition, and Complexity of CEO Pay
By: Kevin J. Murphy and Tatiana Sandino
We provide fresh evidence regarding the relation between compensation consultants and CEO pay. First, firms that employ consultants have higher-paid CEOs—this result is robust to firm fixed effects and matching on economic and governance variables. Second, while this...
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Keywords:
Consultants;
Benchmarking;
Incentive Pay;
Executive Compensation;
Complexity;
Motivation and Incentives;
Governance
Murphy, Kevin J., and Tatiana Sandino. "Compensation Consultants and the Level, Composition, and Complexity of CEO Pay." Accounting Review 95, no. 1 (January 2020): 311–341.
- June 2019 (Revised November 2019)
- Technical Note
Sustaining Corporate Culture in a Growing Organization
By: Dennis Campbell and Tatiana Sandino
An organization’s culture can be a significant source of sustainable competitive advantage. For the organization, it can attract job candidates who fit and align employees working in different teams around common goals. For employees, a strong culture can generate...
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Keywords:
Organizational Culture;
Growth and Development;
Mission and Purpose;
Values and Beliefs;
Management Systems
Campbell, Dennis, and Tatiana Sandino. "Sustaining Corporate Culture in a Growing Organization." Harvard Business School Technical Note 119-109, June 2019. (Revised November 2019.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
When Does Gamified Training Improve Performance? The Roles of Office and Leader Engagement
By: Ryan W. Buell, Wei Cai and Tatiana Sandino
Gamified training is a novel management control system in which companies use gamification
techniques to engage and motivate employees to learn. This study empirically examines the
performance consequences of gamified training using data from a natural field...
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Keywords:
Gamified Training;
Management Control Systems;
Employee Engagement;
Employees;
Learning;
Training;
Motivation and Incentives;
Performance
Buell, Ryan W., Wei Cai, and Tatiana Sandino. "When Does Gamified Training Improve Performance? The Roles of Office and Leader Engagement." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-101, March 2019. (Revised October 2023.)
- March 2019
- Module Note
Designing Management Systems to Support Multiunit Growth
By: Tatiana Sandino
Sandino, Tatiana. "Designing Management Systems to Support Multiunit Growth." Harvard Business School Module Note 119-084, March 2019.
- March 2019
- Teaching Note
Dutch Bros Coffee: Leadership Selection
By: Tatiana Sandino, Jasmijn Bol, Serena Loftus and Robert Grasser
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-038.
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- March 2019
- Technical Note
Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both—Lessons from Retail & Service Chains (Abridged)
By: Tatiana Sandino
This note explains how several retail and service organizations use a practice described here as “structured empowerment” to balance control and flexibility as they grow. I define structured empowerment as a practice that grants employees both (a) the power to make...
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Keywords:
Service Operations;
Standards;
Employees;
Service Delivery;
Decision Making;
Power and Influence;
Retail Industry;
Service Industry
Sandino, Tatiana. "Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both—Lessons from Retail & Service Chains (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Technical Note 119-088, March 2019.
- February 2019
- Technical Note
Can Multiunit Organizations Remain Agile as They Grow?
By: Tatiana Sandino
This note discusses how multiunit organizations incorporate flexibility into their management control systems, some by authorizing all or a select number of their dispersed units to make input and process decisions, some by investing in data-analytic technologies to...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Flexibility;
Management Systems;
Business Units;
Decision Making
Sandino, Tatiana. "Can Multiunit Organizations Remain Agile as They Grow?" Harvard Business School Technical Note 119-067, February 2019.
- February 2019
- Teaching Note
Whole Foods under Amazon
By: Dennis Campbell, Tatiana Sandino and Kyle Thomas