Gokce (Dervisoglu) OkandanCreative Entrepreneurship

Gokce (Dervisoglu) Okandan
Areas of expertise
  • Knowledge management
  • Tacit knowledge
  • Corporate culture conflicts
  • Culture policy
  • Strategic management support
  • Social-cultural-creative entrepreneurship
Education
  • Post Doc, Cultural Policy, Princeton University
  • Ph.D., Management Organization, Istanbul University
  • Design Management, Istanbul Bilgi University
  • MA-Mag, Strategic Management, Istanbul/Inssbruck University
  • B.A., Business Administration, Istanbul University

Gokce (Dervisoglu) Okandan started her academic career at Istanbul University, where she mostly concentrated on strategic management issues related to knowledge management. She continued her studies at Innsbruck University with Prof. Hans Hinterhuber with the support of an Austrian research scholarship and published the result as a on Strategic Knowledge Management in Turkish. During her Ph.D., she worked on the role of Corporate Support on Culture and the Arts and developed a scorecard for these activities, with the support of Copenhagen Business School Art and Leadership Center.

Gokce (Dervisoglu) Okandan has completed her post doctoral research at Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School Center for Arts Policy and Research as a Tübitak fellow and appointed as the Director of Cultural Management Graduate Program as well as Vice Director of Work Ethics Research Center and board member of Cultural Policy and Management Research Center.

Her research interest continues in creativity related issues such as art, design, especially in terms of innovation and sustainability as well as strategic thinking.  She also acted as the pioneer academic actor in the foundation of YEKON- Turkey’s Creative Industries Association and has been working especially on creative entrepreneurship within the GEW Executive Committee and Istanbul Chamber of Industry Quality Board.

Latest Analyses & Insights on Gokce's expertise

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    China is wrestling with a dilemma over how best to counter U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade strategy. While Beijing has pledged to strike back against nations that align with Washington’s efforts to squeeze China out of global supply chains, the reality is that punishing its Asian neighbors could backfire—and offering them economic incentives risks clashing with its own strategic objectives.

    At the heart of Beijing’s concern is the growing threat of what it calls a “grand encirclement.” This idea, recently articulated by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, describes Washington’s campaign to forge deals with allies to systematically exclude China from key trade flows. It’s a concept that is swiftly becoming reality.

    July 10, 2025
  • EU pushes for trade deal with U.S. to shield car industry from steep tariffs

    The European Union is urgently negotiating with the United States to protect its car manufacturers from heavy American import duties, with potential solutions ranging from reduced tariffs to import quotas and export credits. These discussions are part of the EU’s strategy to secure a preliminary trade deal with Washington in the coming days, ahead of the August 1 deadline that President Donald Trump set for imposing sweeping new tariffs on dozens of countries.

    Automobiles are central to these negotiations. European officials see them as a “red line,” stressing that securing concessions on auto tariffs is essential to any broader deal.

    July 10, 2025
  • Indonesia’s tariff talks with U.S. focus on critical minerals partnership

    Indonesia’s top economic officials described this week’s high-level discussions in Washington on looming U.S. tariffs as “positive,” saying both sides were working toward a broader commercial relationship that could include deeper collaboration in critical minerals — a sector seen as vital for global supply chains.

    Chief negotiator and Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto, who met with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday, said the atmosphere was constructive. He said the two countries were now aligned on pushing negotiations forward on the basis of “mutual benefit.”

    July 10, 2025

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