Dr. Mariana G. Andrade Rojas' website

Brokerage, Competition and Technology 

Research Interests

My main research interests lie in the intersection of Information Systems, Data Analytics, and Strategic Management. I mainly focus in four areas:

IT Strategy

  • IT business value
  • Cybersecurity
  • IT-enabled innovation

Embedded Economy

  • Networked business models
  • Collaboration networks
  • Co-opetition networks

 

Competitive Dynamics

  • Competition networks
  • Strategic resource allocation
  • Multi-market competition

 

Selected Conferences Proceedings and Presentations 

Working Papers (selected work)

  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Saldanha T., Khuntia, J., Kathuria, A., Boh, W.F. “Overcoming Innovation Barriers through Digitization: An Analysis in an Emerging Economy” under preparation for submission to MIS Quarterly. 
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A., Sahaym, A., Farhoomand, A.  “Information Management Capability, R&D and Marketing effects on Competition Networks” under final preparation for submission to Strategic Management Journal.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Li, Y., Zhu, J. “Social Innovation in Emerging Economies: An Ecosystem Built on the Collaboration between Firms and Government-Sponsored Institutions (GSI), and Knowledge Sharing” under final preparation for submission to Research Policy.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Jia, Z., Tung L.L. “Media richness and cyberbullying victims’ response: A country wide investigation” under final preparation for submissiontoInformation Systems Research.
  • Saldanha, T., Khuntia, J., Kathuria, A., Andrade Rojas, M.G., Krishnan, M.S. “Do CEO Incentives Matter for IT investments? An Empirical Investigation of CEO Long-term Compensation and IT Investments from Risk Intensive Dominant Logic Perspective” under preparation for submission to Management Science.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., “Policy Influence on Customers’ Online Reviews: An Experimental Perspective” under preparation. 

  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., “Antecedents and Consequences of Disagreements in The Blockchain Space: A Network Perspective” under preparation.

Data Analytics

  • Network Analysis
  • Data visualization
  • Content Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Papers Under Review

  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A., Lee, H. “Competition networks, IT and operational performance” under review in a top management journal (A+).

  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A., Konsynski, B. “Collaborate to Compete” under review in a top management journal (A+).

  • Kathuria, A., Saldanha, T., Khuntia, J., Andrade Rojas, M.G., Hah, H., Mithas, S. “Information Signals in Digital Platform Ecosystems” under review in a top management journal (A+).

Journal Publications

  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Ramirez Solis. E.R., Zhu, J.J. 2018. "Innovation and network multiplexity: R&D and the concurrent effects of two collaboration networks in an emerging economy". Research Policy 47.6 (2018): 1111-1124.

  • Saldanha, T. J. V., Sahaym, A., Mithas, S., Andrade-Rojas, M. G., Kathuria, A., and Lee, H.-H. 2020. "Turning Liabilities of Global Operations into Assets: It-Enabled Social Integration Capacity and Exploratory Innovation". Information Systems Research (31:2), pp. 361-382.

  • Khuntia,J., Kathuria,A., Andrade-Rojas, M.G., Saldanha, T., and Celly, N. 2021. "How Foreign and Domestic Firms Differ in Leveraging IT-enabled Supply Chain Information Integration in BOP Markets: The Role of Supplier and Client Business Collaboration". Journal of the Association for Information Systems (in press)

  • Andrade-Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A., and Konsynski, B. “Competitive Brokerage: How Information Management Capability and Collaboration Networks Act as Substitutes,” Journal of Management Information Systems, forthcoming.

  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A. 2014. “Competitive Brokerage: External Resource Endowment and Information Technology as Antecedents” Best Student Paper Runner-up Award and Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A. 2014. “Do Technological Resources Influence Competitive Brokerage? An Analysis in a Competition Network” Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual (AOM) Meeting (TIM Division), Philadelphia.
  • Kathuria, A., Andrade Rojas, M.G., Saldanha, T., Khuntia, J. 2014. “Extent versus Range of Service Digitization: Implications for Firm Performance”. Proceedings of the Twentieth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Savannah.
  • Celly, N., Kathuria, A., Han, M., Andrade Rojas, M.G. 2014. “Succeeding in Emerging Market Environments: Towards Strategic Multidexterity”. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society Sydney Special Conference 2014, Sydney.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A. 2014. “Competitive Brokerage, Information Technology and Internal Resources”. Forthcoming in the Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Auckland.
  • Saldanha, T., Waegelein, J., Khuntia, J., Kathuria, A., Andrade Rojas, M.G. 2015. “Do CEO’s Long Term Performance Incentive Induces IT Investments? Theory, Evidence, and Industry Contingencies”. Proceedings of the Twentieth First Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Puerto Rico.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A., Lee, HH. 2015. “Attaining Operating Performance through Pas De Trios of IT, Competitive Brokerage and Innovation”. Forthcoming in Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Forth Worth, Texas.
  • Kathuria, A., Saldanha, T., Khuntia, J., Andrade Rojas, M.G., Hah, H. 2015. “Strategic Intent, Contract Duration, and Performance: Evidence from Micro- Outsourcing”. Forthcoming in Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Forth Worth, Texas.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A., Lee, HH. 2016. “How Competition Networks and Technology Influence Operating Performance Through Innovation: a Longitudinal Empirical Analysis”. Paper presented in the Strategic Management Society Rome Special Conference. Rome, Italy.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Saldanha, T., Khuntia, J., Kathuria, A. 2016. “How IT Orientation Affects Obstacles and Facilitators of Innovation in an Emerging Economy”. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual (AOM) Meeting (OCIS Division), Anaheim.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A., Lee, HH. 2016. “How IT Complements Positioning In Competition Networks to Enhance Innovation and Firm Performance”. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual (AOM) Meeting (OCIS Division), Anaheim.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Saldanha, T., Khuntia, J., Kathuria, A. 2016. “IT Orientation effects on Obstacles and Facilitators of Innovation: An Emerging Economy Perspective in Mexico“. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), San Diego.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Khuntia, J., Saldanha, T., Kathuria, A., Krishnan, M.S. 2016. “Growth Oriented Digital Strategy and Long- Term Compensation of Chief Executives”. Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Dublin, Ireland.
  • Kathuria, A., Khuntia, J., Saldanha, T., Andrade Rojas, M.G. 2016. “How Information Management Capability Affects Innovation Capability and Firm Performance under Turbulence: Evidence from India”. Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Dublin, Ireland.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Kathuria, A., Farhoomand, A. 2017. Competition networks, information management capability (IMC) and firm resources. POMS 2017. 28th Annual Conference. Seattle, Washington.
  • Hazarika, B., Kathuria, A., Khuntia, J., Saldanha, T., Andrade Rojas, M.G. 2017. Portfolio Management for Private Equity Firms through IT Orientation and Portfolio Embeddedness. POMS 2017. 28th Annual Conference.
  • Khuntia, J., Kathuria, A., Andrade Rojas, M.G., Saldanha, T. 2017. Supply Chain Information Integration and Firm Performance: Evidence from India. Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Boston. 
  • Saldanha T., Kathuria, A., Khuntia, J., Konsynski, B., Andrade Rojas, M.G. 2017. Leveraging Digitization of Services for Performance: Evidence from the Credit Union Industry. Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seoul, Korea. Best Paper Award, Track: General Topics.
  • Saldanha T., Khuntia, J., Kathuria, A., Andrade Rojas, M.G., Krishnan. M.S. 2018. CEO Compensation and IT investments. Digital Innovations, Transformation, and Society Conference 2018. New Delhi, India.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Li, Y., Zhu, J. 2018. Social Innovation in Emerging Economies: An Ecosystem Built on the Collaboration between Firms and Government-Sponsored Institutions (GSI), and Knowledge Sharing. European Marketing Academy Annual Conference. Glasgow, UK.
  • Andrade Rojas, M.G., Lin Y. 2019. The Difficult Choice of SMEs for Green Innovation: Government-vs-Firms? An Operations Digitization Perspective. POMS 2019. 30thannual conference. 
  • Tang, Z., Andrade Rojas, M.G., Tung L.L. 2019. The Role of Personal and Environmental Attributes in Cyberbullying Victimization in Adults. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Cancun.

  • Jia Z., Andrade Rojas, M.G., Tung L.L. 2019.The Role of Media Richness, Victim-offender Relationship, and Demographic Characteristics in Cyberbullying: A Country Wide Investigation. 2019 INFORMS annual meeting.