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24
Citations
9320
World Ranking
1641
National Ranking
821

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

Frances Stokes Berry is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans across the social sciences with a significant focus on business, management, and accounting.

Their work concentrates on several key fields of study including:

  • Social Sciences
  • Business, Management and Accounting

Within these broad fields, they focus on specific subfields such as:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Public Administration
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Strategy and Management
  • Management of Technology and Innovation

The main topics addressed in the researcher's work include:

  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Risk Perception and Management

Recent publications by Frances Stokes Berry highlight a range of subjects in public administration and policy. Selected papers include:

  • "Examining the role of perceived risk and benefit, shared concern for nuclear stigmatization, and trust in governments in shaping citizen risk acceptability of a nuclear power plant" (2020, The Social Science Journal)
  • "More Than a Logo: Branding Viewpoints from City Managers Leading to Testable Propositions" (2021, Public Performance & Management Review)
  • "Strategically Marketing Florida's Cities: An Exploratory Study Into How Cities Engage in Public Marketing" (2020, The American Review of Public Administration)
  • "Can Infused Publicness Enhance Public Value Creation? Examining the Impact of Government Funding on the Performance of Social Enterprises in South Korea" (2020, The American Review of Public Administration)
  • "Introducing research insights into the third sector, social enterprise and public service delivery" (2021, Public Management Review)

Their research is frequently published in the following venues:

  • Public Management Review
  • Public Performance & Management Review
  • The American Review of Public Administration
  • The Social Science Journal
  • Global Public Policy and Governance

Frequent collaborators of Frances Stokes Berry include:

  • Daniel L. Fay
  • Donwe Choi
  • M. Blair Thomas
  • Yixin Liu
  • Heewon Lee

Among recognitions, Frances Stokes Berry has been named a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

Best Publications

  • State Lottery Adoptions as Policy Innovations: An Event History Analysis

    Frances Stokes Berry;William D. Berry

  • Innovation and Diffusion Models in Policy Research

    Frances Stokes Berry;William D. Berry

  • Tax Innovation in the States: Capitalizing on Political Opportunity

    Frances Stokes Berry;William D. Berry

  • Innovation in Public Management: The Adoption of Strategic Planning

    Frances Stokes Berry

  • Three traditions of network research: What the public management research agenda can learn from other research communities

    Frances S. Berry;Ralph S. Brower;Sang Ok Choi;Wendy Xinfang Goa

  • State Agencies' Experience with Strategic Planning: Findings from a National Survey

    Frances Stokes Berry;Barton Wechsler

  • Sizing Up State Policy Innovation Research

    Frances Stokes Berry

  • The State of Public Strategic Management Research: A Selective Literature Review and Set of Future Directions

    John M. Bryson;Frances S. Berry;Kaifeng Yang

  • Testing the Development and Diffusion of E-Government and E-Democracy: A Global Perspective

    Chung-pin Lee;Kaiju Chang;Frances Stokes Berry

  • Exploring The Diffusion Of Innovation Among High And Low Innovative Localities: A test of the Berry and Berry model

    Richard M. Walker;Claudia N. Avellaneda;Frances S. Berry

  • The Politics of Tax Increases in the States

    Frances Stokes Berry;William D. Berry

  • Understanding the Adoption and Timing of Economic Development Strategies in US Cities Using Innovation and Institutional Analysis

    Myungjung Kwon;Frances S. Berry;Richard C. Feiock

  • The Determinants of Success in Implementing an Expert System in State Government

    Frances Stokes Berry;William D. Berry;Stephen K. Foster

  • Specifying a Model of State Policy Innovation

    Howard Frant;Frances Stokes Berry;William D. Berry

  • Strategic Planning as a Tool for Managing Organizational Change

    Frances S. Berry

  • Management Innovation and Policy Diffusion through Leadership Transfer Networks: An Agent Network Diffusion Model

    Hongtao Yi;Frances Stokes Berry;Wenna Chen

  • LIMITS ON INNOVATIVENESS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: EXAMINING CAPACITY, COMPLEXITY, AND DYNAMISM IN ORGANIZATIONAL TASK ENVIRONMENTS

    Richard M. Walker;Frances S. Berry;Claudia N. Avellaneda

  • Policy Design and Achieving Social Outcomes: A Comparative Analysis of Social Enterprise Policy

    Donwe Choi;Frances Stokes Berry;Adela Ghadimi

  • Overcoming collective action barriers to energy sustainability: A longitudinal study of climate protection accord adoption by local governments

    Hongtao Yi;Richard C. Feiock;Frances S. Berry

  • Successful Diffusion of a Failed Policy: The case of pay-for-performance in the US federal government

    Seejeen Park;Frances Berry

  • Teaching Social Entrepreneurship in Public Affairs Programs: A Review of Social Entrepreneurship Courses in the Top 30 U. S. Public Administration and Affairs Programs

    Kimberly K. Wiley;Frances S. Berry

  • PUBLIC ENTREPRENEURS IN THE POLICY PROCESS: PERFORMANCE-BASED BUDGETING REFORM IN FLORIDA

    Frances Stokes Berry;Geraldo Flowers

  • Implementing Performance Accountability in Florida: What Changed, What Mattered, and What Resulted?

    Frances S. Berry;Ralph S. Brower;Geraldo Flowers

  • Institutional Incentives and Early Adoption of Sustainable Energy Innovations

    Richard C. Feiock;Anthony Kassekert;Frances S. Berry;Hongtao Yi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongtao Yi
Hongtao Yi Florida State University
Richard C. Feiock
Richard C. Feiock Florida State University
Richard M. Walker
Richard M. Walker Lingnan University
Kaifeng Yang
Kaifeng Yang Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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