Pinar Ozcan
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1HP
Profile
Pinar Ozcan is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. She is also the academic director of the Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre and the Oxford Future of Finance and Technology (Fintech) Initiative.
She serves in advisory roles working with regulatory authorities such as the Bank of England, UK Competition and Markets Authority, UK Financial Conduct Authority, the European Commission, and the (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) OECD on these topics.
Pinar completed her PhD at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) at the Stanford University Management Science and Engineering Department, and also holds a Master of Science and dual Bachelor’s degrees from Stanford.
At Stanford, Pinar directed the AEA Stanford Executive Institute, a summer executive program for the high-tech industry for three consecutive years. She also organised the Stanford Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders Seminars, and helped create the Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner for entrepreneurship educators worldwide.
Since completing her PhD, Pinar has received numerous awards, including the Excellence in Research Award at IESE, the EFMD Best Teaching Case Award, and the IDEA Entrepreneurship Thought Leader Award. She has also earned Best Paper Nominations at the Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Society, along with the British Academy Newton Grant and the SWIFT Award for her study on the UK Banking industry's shift to open APIs.
In 2017, Pinar was selected to the Top 40 Business School Professors under 40 list by Poets and Quants. Since then she was included in the Thinkers 50 list for emerging thinkers, the British Academy Mid-Career Fellows, and the Global Women in Fintech Powerlist for 2021. Finally, in 2024, Pinar was given the Strategic Management Society Educational Impact Award for her Inspiring Female Founders Initiative.
Pinar is a founding partner of Blanchard International Turkey. Her work experience also includes management consulting at Siemens Corporation in Munich, Germany, and strategy consulting with technology ventures and venture capital firms in the Silicon Valley.
Pinar is from Istanbul, Turkey. She speaks English, German, Spanish, Turkish and Dutch.
Expertise:
- Technology markets
- Digital competition
- Platforms and ecosystems
- Entrepreneurial strategy
- Competitive strategy
Research
Pinar specialises in strategy, entrepreneurship and technology markets. Her current research includes AI and business models in fintech, open banking, digital disruption and the rise of big tech platforms.
Publications
Getting down to business: governing the hybridization of UK charities(opens in new window)
- Journal article
- Journal of Management Studies
Social entrepreneurs as ecosystem catalysts: the dynamics of forming and withdrawing from a self-sustaining ecosystem(opens in new window)
- Journal article
- Journal of Management Studies
Explaining Variation in B2B Platform Adoption: Evidence from Digital Labor Platforms(opens in new window)
- Journal article
- Academy of Management Proceedings
Regulatory standards and consequences for industry architecture: the case of UK Open Banking Research Policy(opens in new window)
- Journal article
- Research Policy
Engagement
Pinar has served as the academic advisor of Sharing Economy UK as well as a research fellow at Swift Institute. Her consulting work includes technology start-ups and large firms in Silicon Valley and Europe since 2003 with clients such as Citibank, Coca Cola, Electronic Arts, KPMG, Swift, Telefonica and Unilever.
Teaching
Pinar has been teaching in the areas of strategy, entrepreneurship, technology management, and change management in MBA, MSc, PhD, Executive MBA and Open and In-Company Executive programmes. Over the years, she has received multiple teaching awards.
She has extensive expertise in executive and online education, and contributes to programmes across the School's online portfolio.
Pinar is Director of the Oxford Fintech Programme. She also teaches on the Oxford Cyber Security for Business Leaders Programme.
