Mariana Andrade’s research interests span four main areas: Data analytics, complex networks, IT business value, and competitive dynamics. She is especially interested on exploring the granular mechanisms through which IT and other technologies influence firm performance and ultimately firm survival. Her research thrives to analyze overlooked and emergent phenomena that have relevant impact on corporations, such as technological innovation in emergent economies and interfirm linkages in hypercompetitive environments. Within these domains, she is currently involved in various multi-disciplinary projects that investigate the role of IS in business performance and innovation in both developed and developing world contexts.

Her research has been published in Information Systems Research (ISR), Research Policy, Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), the Academy of Management Proceedings and the Proceedings of the International Conference of Information Systems and presented in leading international conferences such as the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, International Conference of Information Systems, Americas Conference of Information Systems, and Strategic Management Society Conference. Her work has received several Best Paper Awards from premier international conferences. Moreover, she has received several awards and scholarships, including a fellowship from the National Science Foundation and the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Reaching Out Award from the HKSAR Government, and The University of Hong Kong postgraduate fellowship. Her research has also received founding from several institutions.

Mariana maintains strong links with both firms and governments. She has been invited to present her work in multinational corporations and government bodies across different countries.