Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira is a faculty member at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/EAESP and FGV/EBAPE), Brazil. He also teaches at the Fudan University, China, and the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Ecuador. Jose holds a Ph.D. in Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. Yijia Jing is Seaker Chan Chair Professor of Public Management and Associate Dean at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, China. He is editor-in-chief of Fudan Public Administration Review, associate editor of Public Administration Review, and co-editor of International Public Management Journal. He is the founding co-editor of the Palgrave Macmillan book series, Governing China in the 21 Century. He serves as a Vice- President of International Research Society for Public Management.