Management control systems, trust and risk in inter-organisational relationships: The case of Francisco Gonz�lez de la Sierra and its partner Rivas y Cantallops (1847-1864)

M. Capelo, P. Araújo and C. �lvarez-Dardet

Business History, 2015, vol. 57, issue 4, 528-563

Abstract: This article is intended: (1) to provide evidence about the practices in the nineteenth century of inter-organisational relationships when parties accepted sharing performance risks; and (2) to contribute to reducing the gap about the trust-control system dynamic interaction and its effect on risk through empirically analysing a non-contemporary setting. Our study analyses the ongoing relationship of a small commercial company with its main partner during the period 1847-1864, and examines the formal systems used by the company to monitor and coordinate its partner's activity and the evolution of inter-firm trust throughout the whole life cycle of this relationship.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2014.930129

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