Aakanksha Gaur
Fellow

Biography
Aakanksha is a Fellow of IT Management at SDA Bocconi School of Management.
She is a researcher at the DEVO (Digital Enterprise Value and Organization) Lab. She was also part of the core faculty for the Masters in food and beverage program and was also involved in the MFB program as a teaching assistant.
Her research areas include access and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the context of emerging economies, digital transformation and impact, and the use of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence. She is the author of several articles on the subject which have been published in leading journals and conference proceedings.
Before joining SDA Bocconi, she worked as a researcher for the H2020 projects sponsored by the European Union in the domain of digital business models and public sector innovation.
She holds a PhD in Business Administration from the ESSEC Business School, France. She was a visiting research scholar at the Judge Business School, Cambridge.
Recent Publications
- 2025
Risultati di una ricerca interculturale: spazio ai veicoli elettrici nel settore turismo - Insights From a Cross-Cultural Study: Adoption of Electric Vehicle Rentals in Tourism
GAUR, A., "Risultati di una ricerca interculturale: spazio ai veicoli elettrici nel settore turismo - Insights From a Cross-Cultural Study: Adoption of Electric Vehicle Rentals in Tourism", Economia & Management, 2025, no. 4, pp. 17-28 - 2024
Crafting user experiences in the metaverse: A design science study
GANDHI, M., A. GAUR, A. K. KAR, Y. K. DWIVEDI, "Crafting user experiences in the metaverse: A design science study", Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024, vol. 209, pp. 123759 - 2024
La mobilità urbana nella prospettiva della Generazione Z
BORGHINI, S., A. CIRRINCIONE, L. , I. M. COLM, A. GAUR, B. MEDICI, F. SORBINO, "La mobilità urbana nella prospettiva della Generazione Z", Economia & Management, 2024, no. 2, pp. 87-96 - 2024
What Is the Metaverse for?
GAUR, A., L. , I. M. COLM, "What Is the Metaverse for?" in Blockchain, Metaverse, and Digital Payments., Aijaz A. Shaikh, Galimkair Mutanov, Heikki Karjaluoto (Eds.), Routledge, chap. 12, pp. 182-199, 2024 - 2022
Assessing Incumbents’ Risk of Digital Platform Disruption
CENNAMO, C., L. DIAFERIA, A. GAUR, G. SALVIOTTI, "Assessing Incumbents’ Risk of Digital Platform Disruption", MIS Quarterly Executive, 2022, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 55-74 - 2022
Companies and Digital Transformation
GAUR, A., "Companies and Digital Transformation" in The Post-Digital Enterprise., Gianluigi Castelli, Severino Meregalli, Ferdinando Pennarola (Eds.), Springer International Publishing, chap. 1, pp. 1-15, 2022

