Mariia Petryk

Bio

Dr. Mariia Petryk is an assistant professor of information systems and operations management at the Costello College of Business, George Mason University. Her research interests span across information systems and finance, management, and organization science, focusing on the economics of blockchain, AI, and social network analysis.

Extended Bio

Mariia Petryk is an assistant professor of information systems and operations management in the Donald G. Costello College of Business, George Mason University. Before joining George Mason University, Dr. Petryk received her Ph.D. in information systems and operations management from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. Her academic advisor is Dr. Liangfei Qiu. Mariia also obtained a minor Ph.D. degree in statistics from the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida with the guidance of Dr. Kshitij Khare.

Her current research interests span across information systems and finance, management, and organization science, focusing on blockchain, AI, and social interactions. Mariia's work appeared in reputable academic journals, including Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, The  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and at premier IS conferences, including CIST, WITS, HICSS, POMS, and INFORMS.

Dr. Petryk has experience managing an analytics team in a non-profit organization. Before joining the academia, Mariia worked as a Data Analyst at an international telecommunications company (Ukraine) and financial services company (Ukraine). She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in economic cybernetics from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Journal Papers in Publication and Under Review

Mahendrarajah Nimalendran, Praveen Pathak, Mariia Petryk, and Liangfei Qiu (author names are in alphabetical order), “Informational Efficiency of Cryptocurrency Markets,” 2024, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (FT 50), pp. 1-30.

Mariia Petryk, Liangfei Qiu, and Praveen Pathak, “The Impact of Open-Source Community on Cryptocurrency Market Price: An Empirical Investigation,” 2023,  Journal of Management Information Systems (FT 50), 40(4), pp. 1237-1270.

Mariia Petryk, Michael Rivera, Siddharth Bhattacharya, Liangfei Qiu, and Subodha Kumar, “How Network Embeddedness Affects Real-Time Performance Feedback: An Empirical Investigation,” 2022, Information Systems Research (UTD 24, FT 50), 33(4), pp. 1467-1489. 

Mariia Petryk and Liangfei Qiu, “NFT or Not to NFT: In Search of the Better Retail Sales Model for Creators,” Under revision in Management Science (FT 50, UTD 24)

*FT50=list of 50 journals used by the Financial Times to compile the FT Research rank, included in the Global MBA, EMBA, and Online MBA rankings.
UTD24=list of 24 journals used by UT Dallas' Naveen Jindal School of Management to provide the top 100 business school rankings.

Work in Progress (Selected)

“Navigating the Digital Highway: A Large-scale Quasi-Experiment in Examining Real-Time Feedback App in Automotive Repair Services,” with Michael Rivera and Guohou Shan, working paper (In final preparation for submission to UTD 24)

"Virtual Apparel Items and the Operations Strategy," with Mehmet Altug, working paper (In final preparation for submission to UTD 24)

"AI Impacts at a Macroeconomic Productivity Level: Political Economy Analysis," with Nirup Menon, working paper (In final preparation for submission to UTD 24)

"Platform Business Models in Secondary Market Sales,” with Emre Demirezen and Aditya Vedantam (Targeting UTD 24)

Research Interests

Education

Ph.D. in Business Administration (concentration in Information Systems), Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Aug 2022 

Ph.D. (minor) in Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Aug 2022

B.A. in Law, Kyiv National Economic University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct 2015

M.S. in Economic Cybernetics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Jun 2015

B.S. in Economic Cybernetics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Jun 2013