The York Management School

Research

Sara’s main research interests are in the areas of healthcare management, performance management and measurement and their link with management control systems. Her PhD research is about performance management in hospitals.

Title of Research Topic: Patient safety management - the role of networks.

Supervisors: Matthias Beck

Profile

Sara completed her undergraduate degree in Management, at Faculty of Economics, University of Porto in July 2001. After this course she worked in the management control department of a public hospital and from September 2002 to December 2006 as an accountant in a weaving company. In 2003/2006 Sara undertook her MSc in management – specialization in accounting at Faculty of Economics, University of Porto .

Publications

Conference Papers

Melo, Sara and João A. Ribeiro (2007) ‘The two-way relationship between the balanced scorecard and management control systems in organizations: the ’Quinta da Aveleda’ case study’, 30th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, 25th – 28th April, Lisbon , Portugal