RT journal article T1 Management control systems, trust and risk in inter-organisational relationships: The case of Francisco González de la Sierra and its partner Rivas y Cantallops (1847–1864) A1 Capelo Bernal, María Dolores A1 Araujo Pinzón, Pedro A1 Álvarez-Dardet Espejo, Concha A2 Economía Financiera y Contabilidad K1 inter-organisational relationships K1 trust K1 management control systems K1 risk K1 trading companies K1 nineteenth century AB This article is intended: (1) to provide evidence about the practices in the nineteenthcentury of inter-organisational relationships when parties accepted sharingperformance risks; and (2) to contribute to reducing the gap about the trust–controlsystem dynamic interaction and its effect on risk through empirically analysing a noncontemporarysetting. Our study analyses the ongoing relationship of a smallcommercial company with its main partner during the period 1847–1864, andexamines the formal systems used by the company to monitor and coordinate itspartner’s activity and the evolution of inter-firm trust throughout the whole life cycle ofthis relationship. PB Taylor & Francis SN 1743-7938 YR 2014 FD 2014-08-18 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34416 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34416 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 10-nov-2026