. The formation and management of inter-organizational agreements; Rationales for cooperation; Inter-organizational archetypes; Reconciling autonomy and control in inter-organizational settings; From organizational peculiarities to control issues; 2. Levers for controlling inter-organizational relationships; the choice of what to control; testing the links between financial and multiple measures of inter-organizational strategies; uses of formal vs. informal control mechanisms; applying the levers of control to improve performance; 3. Using accounting information for performance measurement and control; the Total Cost of Ownership to select suppliers effectively; Collaborative Value Chain Analysis to support process improvement initiatives; Open Book Accounting to build trust; Target Costing for inter-organizational cost management and price definition; 4. How to build and maintain successful inter-organizational relationships: the experience of fashion firms; the structure and competitive context of the fashion system; managerial processes in fashion companies; forms and features of management control in fashion firms; the design of inter-organizational accounting information systems in fashion firms