Mária is a lecturer and a senior researcher at University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Business Management. She had been a head of researchers in the research project focused on entities of the Cultural and Creative industries in the Slovak Republic and the specifics of their life cycle (2020). Today, she is leading a research project focused on business entities operating in the Cultural and Creative industries with a view to their innovation and sustainable growth. She is responsible for the research methodology and her role is an Indicator design specialist.