Controlling Collaboration between Firms: How to build and Maintain Successful Relationships with External Partners

6 ½ X 9 1/5 in The formation and management of inter-organizational agreements; Rationa les for collaboration; Inter-organizational archetypes.
Ho w companies exercise control over their partners without stifling collab oration; Levers for controlling inter-organizational relationships; The choice of what to control; Uses of formal vs. informal control mechanism s; Applying the levers of control to improve performance. T he functionalities of accounting and control mechanisms for inter-organi zational settings; How accounting acts as a stabilising mechanism of int er-firm relationships; Using accounting information for performance meas urement and control of partners; the Total Cost of Ownership to select s uppliers effectively; Collaborative Value Chain Analysis to support proc ess improvement initiatives; Open Book Accounting to build trust; Target Costing for inter-organizational cost management and price definition; The contextual variables relevant to design controls and information flo ws between collaborating firms.
How to build and maintain successful inter-organizational relationships in practice; Managerial pr