This volume reflects on the consequences of the increasingly globalized nature of our world for
public sector management. Globalization has triggered rapid growth in trade global financial
transactions and cross-country ownership of economic assets. The implications of these
multifaceted processes for the welfare of today's and tomorrow's societies are unclear. What is
clear however is that an increasing number of problems are too complex to be tackled solely
at the level of national states. As a result the size functions and modi operandi of the
public sector in a globalized world are emerging topics in academia and practice.
