Professor Stuart Bretschneider

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence

Associate Dean and Chair Department of Public Administration
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
400 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1090
Phone: 315-443-1890 Fax: 315-443-1075
Internet: sibretsc@maxwell.syr.edu

Director Center for Technology and Information Policy (CTIP)

Senior Research Associate Center for Environmental Policy and Administration (CEPA)

From Left to Right, Former SU Chancellor Melvin Eggers, Former Maxwell School Dean Guthrie Birkhead, Professor Stuart Bretschneider, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynahan. Taken July, 1986 when Professor Bretschneider was named the first recipient of the Daniel Patrick Moynahan Award.

Areas of Interest

Information Management in Public Organizations
Revenue Forecasting
Technology Transfer and the Diffusion of New Technology
Administrative Delay and Red Tape in Public Organizations
Scuba Diving
Science Fiction

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Meredith Professorship

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Some Thoughts about Teaching (Article published in Journal of Public Affairs Education )
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Courses

Professional Affiliations

Recent Research

Ya Ni and Stuart Bretschneider, "The Contracting out Decision: A Study of Contracting for E-government Services in State Government," The Public Administration Review (forthcoming)
Bretschneider, Stuart, Frederick J. Marc-Aurele, Jr., and Jiannan Wu, “Best Practices Research: A Methodological Guide for the Perplexed,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 15 307-323 (2005).
Yixin Dai, David Popp, and S. Bretschneider, Institutions and Intellectual Property: The Influence of Institutional Forces on University Patenting, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol.24 579-598 (2005).
Bretschneider, Stuart I. “Some Thoughts about Teaching,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, Vol. 8 99-102 (2002)
Wu, Jiannan, Stuart Bretschneider, and Frederick Marc-Aurele, “Estimating Models of Extreme Behavior: A Monte Carlo Comparison between SWAT and Quantile Regression,” Chinese Public Administration Review, Vol. 1 165-176 (2002)
Moon, M. Jae and Stuart Bretschneider, “Does the Perception of Red Tape Constrain IT Innovativeness in Organizations?: Unexpected Results from Simultaneous Equation Model and Implications,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol 12. 273-292 (2002).
Bifulco, Robert and Stuart Bretschneider, “Estimating School Efficiency: A Comparison of Methods Using Simulated Data,” Economics of Education Review,Vol. 20, 417-429 (2001).
Moon, M. Jae and Stuart Bretschneider, “Does the Perception of Red Tape Constrain IT Innovativeness in Organizations?: Unexpected Results from Simultaneous Equation Model and Implications,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, forthcoming.
Hou, Y., Sally Coleman Selden and Stuart Bretschneider, “Decentralization of Human resources Management in the States—Driving Forces and Implications,” Review of Public Personnel Administration, forthcoming.
Theresa Heintze and Stuart Bretschneider, "IT and Restructuring in Public Organizations: Do IT Related Structural Changes Improve Organizational Performance?", Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory," Vol. 10, No.3 (2000).
Eric Welch, Allan Mazur and Stuart Bretschneider, "Voluntary Behavior by Electric Utilities: Levels of Adoption and Contribution of the Climate Challenge Program to the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol 19, No. 3, 407-425 (2000)
Yu, Pyeong Jun, and S. Bretschneider, "Executive Perceptions of Innovativeness in Information Management," Korean Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 3 pp. 179-213 (1998).
Welch, Eric, Stuart Bretschneider, and John Rohrbaugh, "Accuracy and Judgmental Extrapolation of Time Series Data: Characteristics, Causes and Remediation Strategies for Forecasting, " International Journal of Forecasting, Vol. 14 pp. 95-110 (1998).
Ruggirio, J. and S. Bretschneider, “On the Measurement of Koopman Efficiency,” European Journal of Operations Research. Vol. 108 pp. 438-451 (1998).
Jones, V. Dale, Stuart Bretschneider,, Wilpen Gorr, "Organizational Pressures on Forecast Evaluation: Managerial, Political, and Procedural Influences, Journal of Forecasting. Vol. 16 pp. 241-254 (1997).
Moon, J. and S. Bretschneider, “Can State Government Action Affect Innovation and Diffusion,” Technology Forecasting and Social Change. Vol. 54, No. 1 (1997).
Welch, Eric and S. Bretschneider, "Contracting IN: Can Government Be a Business?," forthcoming in H.G. Frederickson eds. Public Administration as Reform and Innovation.
Pandy, S., and S. Bretschnieder, "The Impact of Red Tape’s Administrative Delay on Public Organizations’ Interest in New Information Technology," Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 113-130 (1997)
Myung Jae Moont, and S.I. Bretschneider, "Can State Government Actions Affect Innovation and Its Diffusion?: An Extended Communication Model and Empirical Test," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 54, No 1, pp. 57-77 (1997).
Deyle, Robert, and S.I. Bretschneider, "Spillovers of State Policy Innovation: New York's Hazardous Waste Regulatory Initiative," Journal of Public Policy and Management, Vol. 14, No1, pp. 79-106 (1995).
Fletcher,P. J. Betrot, and S. I. Bretschneider, and, "Alternative Organizational Designs for Government Information Services: Profit vs. Not-for-Profit," . Information Infrastructure and Policy,Vol 4. No. 3 , pp. 181-192 (1995).

Recent Research Projects

Co-Principle Investigator with Kimberly Collins, “USDA Rural Utilities Service: Technical Assistance Training Program,“ USDA 2004-2005 ($200,000).
Co-Principle Investigator with Kimberly Collins, “USDA Rural Utilities Service: Technical Assistance Training Program,“ USDA 2003-2004 ($200,000)
Principal Investigator, “Residential Ventilation Systems Project,” funded by Center for Energy Efficiency, Lawrence Berkley Laboratories, 1994 ($16,000)

Professional Activities

Director, Center for Technology and Information Policy, 1994-2006
Managing Editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 1992 -2000
Associate Editor for International Journal of Forecasting, 1985-2005
President of the International Institute of Forecasting, 1991-1994
Associate Editor of Informatization and the Public Sector, 1990-2000

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Internet: sibretsc@maxwell.syr.edu
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