Through contemporary case studies of strategic management at work in the US and Europe, this collection shows that it can no longer be seen as a discipline for long term decisions but has become a central feature of the public sector. Individual chapters offer insights into strategic management capabilities at the national and sub-national level.

Maria P. Aristigueta, University of Delaware, USA Benoît Bernard, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Frances S. Berry, Florida State University, USA Andrea Bonomi Savignon, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Hasan Canpolat, Ankara University, Turkey Denita Cepiku, PhD, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Charles Conteh, Brock University, Canada Luigi Corvo, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Daniela Cristofoli, University of Lugano, Switzerland Joris De Corte, Ghent University, Belgium Anne Drumaux, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Dr. Hee Soun Jang, University of North Texas, USA Benedict S. Jimenez, Northeastern University, USA Jan-Erik Johanson, University of Tampere, Finland Robyn Keast is a professor in the Southern Cross University, Australia Ahmet Kesik, Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey Ekaterina V. Kudryashova, the Financial University, Russia Dr. Myungjung Kwon, California State University, USA Laura Macciò, University of Lugano, Switzerland Dr. Myrna P. Mandell's, Independent Scholar Josip Markovi?, University of Lugano, Switzerland Jan Mattijs, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Prof. Marco Meneguzzo, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Malcolm Prowle, Nottingham Business School, UK Dr. Marilyn Marks Rubin is a Professor at John Jay College, USA Dorte Salskov-Iversen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark J. Woody Stanley, Federal Highway Administration, USA Bram Verschuere, Ghent University,Belgium Katherine G. Willoughby, Georgia State University, USA Kerrin C. Wolf, JD, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey,USA