Rate My Professor Pinar Ozcan

Ozcan's research centers on entrepreneurship, strategy in technology markets, fintech, AI-enabled business models, digital platforms and ecosystems, financial inclusion, and Big Tech's expansion into regulated sectors like finance and healthcare. She advises regulators and organizations, including the UK Competition and Markets Authority, Financial Conduct Authority, European Commission, OECD, and Bank of England, on innovation, data, and AI regulation. Her accolades include Poets&Quants Top 40 Business School Professors under 40 (2017), Thinkers50 Radar (2018), British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (2019), Global Women in Fintech Powerlist (2021), OECD Digital for SMEs Global Initiative Advisory Committee (2023), Bank of England Digital Pound Academic Advisor (2024), and World Economic Forum Global Council on Financial Education member (2025). Key publications feature “Origin of Alliance Portfolios: Entrepreneurs, Network Strategies, and Firm Performance” (Academy of Management Journal, 2009), “Entrepreneurship in Regulated Markets: Framing Contests and Collective Action to Introduce Pay TV in the US” (Academy of Management Journal, 2015), “The Market that Never Was: Turf Wars and Failed Alliances in Mobile Payments” (Strategic Management Journal, 2015), “The API Economy and Digital Transformation in Financial Services: The Case of Open Banking” (SWIFT Institute, 2017), and “Sharing and Shaping: A Cross-Country Comparison of How Sharing Economy Firms Shape Their Institutional Environment to Gain Legitimacy” (Academy of Management Discoveries, 2018). Her widely cited work shapes policy and practice in digital transformation and platform governance.