Cristina Alaimo is Assistant Professor (Research) in Digital Economy and Society at LUISS University, Rome, Italy. She holds a Ph.D. in Management, Information Systems and Innovation from LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Her research focuses on the innovation brought about by data-based services and their consequences for organizations and society. She is also interested in studying the broader ecosystem of data exchanges in which digital platforms are embedded and how these new platform ecosystems emerge and evolve. Cristina’s work has been published in journals such as Organization Science, Organization Studies, The Information Society, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology and Research in the Sociology of Organizations.