Paola Perez-Aleman
PhD,听Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
BSc,听University of California, Berkeley, USA
Dr. Paola Perez-Aleman is Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization at 91吃瓜. Her research and expertise lies at the intersection of management, strategy, and international development. The focus of her work is on the processes that build capabilities of enterprises, foster innovation, and advance economic development. Specifically, Dr. Perez-Aleman examines how clusters and inter-firm networks emerge and grow; how local enterprises in developing countries build production and innovation capabilities; and how vulnerable groups in low-income contexts and global value chains are included in the shift to sustainable production practices. Her research explores organizational and institutional processes that foster equity, inclusive innovation, poverty alleviation, and sustainability.
In recognition for exceptional leadership in integrating social and environmental issues into her research and teaching in management, the Aspen Institute named Dr. Perez-Aleman a Faculty Pioneer Award Finalist. The Industry Studies Association and INFORMS, and the Organization and Management Division of the Academy of Management selected her papers as Best Paper Award Finalist. At 91吃瓜, Dr. Perez-Aleman was awarded the 91吃瓜 Award for Equity and Community Building recognizing outstanding achievement, initiative and impact of her research, teaching and service in the domains of equity, inclusion, and community building. Dr. Perez-Aleman鈥檚 work is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Organization Science, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, World Development, Industrial and Corporate Change, California Management Review, and Business and Politics.
Dr. Perez-Aleman teaches international management at 91吃瓜, creating courses such as Strategic Management in Developing Countries (MBA) and Strategies for Developing Countries (undergraduate) that prepare students to manage the challenges facing enterprises operating in developing and emerging economies.听 She also created a PhD seminar on International Business and Government and an undergraduate course on Business-Government Relations that examine business-government-NGO regulatory actions, production organization, and innovation dynamics in a complex global context. 听Dr. Perez-Aleman is an Associate Faculty Member of 91吃瓜鈥檚 Institute for the Study of International Development.
Professor Perez-Aleman earned her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her B.Sc. degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Perez-Aleman, P. and Ferretti, T., "Creating Innovation Capabilities for Improving Global Health: Inventing Technology for Neglected Tropical Diseases in Brazil," Journal of International Business Policy, 2022,听
Wu, Y. and Perez-Aleman, P., "Multiplicity of Alliance Learning in the Entrepreneurial Process: Strategies of Early-Stage Biotech Firms," Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2022, DOI 10.1080/08276331.2021.2008212
Kannan, R., & Perez-Aleman, P. "," In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management, 2022. doi:
Delgado, N.A. and Perez-Aleman, P., "Inclusion in Global Environmental Governance: Sustained Access, Engagement, and Influence in Decisive Spaces," Sustainability, Vol. 13, 10052, 2021, pp. 1-23.
Perez-Aleman, P. and Alves, F.C., "Reinventing Industrial Policy at the Frontier: Catalyzing Learning and Innovation in Brazil,"听Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2017, pp. 151-171.
Morgan, G., Peinado Gomes, M.V., Perez-Aleman, P. "Transnational Governance Regimes in the Global South: Multinationals, States and NGOs as Political Actors,"听RAE-Revista de Administra莽茫o de Empresas, Vol. 56, No.听4,听2016, pp. 374-379.
Perez-Aleman, P. "Regulation in the Process of Building Capabilities: Strengthening Competitiveness while Improving Food Safety and Environmental Sustainability in Nicaragua," Politics & Society, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2013, pp. 589-620.
Perez-Aleman, P. 鈥淕lobal Standards and Local Knowledge Building: Upgrading Small听Producers in Developing Countries,鈥� Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences听of the USA, Vol. 109, No. 31, 2012, pp. 12344-12349.
Perez-Aleman, P., 鈥淐ollective Learning in Global Diffusion: Spreading Quality Standards in a听Developing Country Cluster,鈥� Organization Science, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2011, pp. 173-189.
Perez-Aleman, P. and Sandilands, M., 鈥淏uilding Value at the Top and the Bottom of the听Global Supply Chain: MNC-NGO Partnerships,鈥� California Management Review, Vol. 51,听No. 1, 2008, pp. 24-49.
Perez-Aleman, P., 鈥淐luster Formation, Institutions and Learning: Emergence of Clusters and听Development in Chile,鈥� Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2005, pp. 651-677.
Perez-Aleman, P., 鈥淎 Learning-Centered View of Business Associations: Building Business-听Government Relations for Development,鈥� Business and Politics, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2003, pp.听195-215.
Perez-Aleman, P., 鈥淒ecentralized Production Organization and Institutional听Transformations: Large and Small Firm Networks in Chile and Nicaragua,鈥� Cambridge听Journal of Economics, Vol. 27, No. 5, 2003, pp. 789-805.
Perez-Aleman, P., 鈥淟earning, Adjustment and Economic Development: Transforming Firms,听the State and Associations in Chile,鈥� World Development, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2000, pp. 41-55.
Books and Edited Volumes
Morgan, G., Peinado Gomes, M.V., and Perez-Aleman, P., editors, RAE-Revista de Administra莽茫o de Empresas, Special Issue on Transnational Governance Regimes in the Global South: Multinationals, States and NGOs as Political Actors,听Vol. 56, No.听4,听[published both in English and Portuguese], FGV-EAESP, Sao Paulo, 2016.
Perez-Aleman, P., Organizaci贸n, Identidad y Cambio: Las Campesinas en Nicaragua听[Organization, Identity, and Change: Rural Women in Nicaragua], INIM, Managua,听1990.
Perez-Aleman, P. and Widmaier, C., Industria y G茅nero en Nicaragua [Industrial听Production and Gender in Nicaragua], INIM: Managua, 1988.
Chapters in Books
Perez-Aleman, P. 鈥淐onnecting Sustainability Movements and Enterprises in Developing听Economies: Building Networks and Capabilities,鈥� invited chapter contribution for Using a听Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations, edited by Jane Dutton and听Karen Golden-Biddle, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2012.
Perez-Aleman, P., 鈥淪tandards and Collective Knowledge Flows in the Emergence of听Clusters: Developing Firms in Chile,鈥� in The Emergence of Clusters: Theoretical,听Empirical, and Political Perspectives on the Initial Stage of Cluster Evolution, edited by Dirk Fornahl and Max-Peter Menzel, Edward Elgar Publisher, Series on 鈥業ndustrial Dynamics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation,鈥� 2010.
Perez-Aleman, P., 鈥淣ew Standards, MNC-NGO Partnerships and the Inclusion of Small听Producers in Latin America: Some Lessons for State Policy,鈥� in Business, Social Policy听and Corporate Political Influence in Developing Countries, edited by Peter Utting and Jose Carlos听Marques, Macmillan-Palgrave, 2010.
Perez-Aleman, P., 鈥淚mproving Competitiveness and Social Cohesion,鈥� in The听Mesoamerican Region: Southeastern Mexico and Central America, Organisation for听Economic Cooperation and Development Territorial Reviews, OECD, Paris, 2006.
Perez-Aleman, P., 鈥淎prendizado, ajustes e desenvolvimento economico:听transformando empresas, o estado e associacoes no Chile,鈥� in N. Araujo Guimaraes听(ed.) Competitividade: Atores e instituicoes locais [Competitiveness: Local Actors and听Institutions], SENAC: Sao Paulo, 2001.
Perez Aleman, P., 芦Panor谩mica de la investigaci贸n social sobre la mujer en听Nicaragua, 禄 in C. Serrano (ed.), Las Investigaciones sobre la Mujer en Am茅rica Latina,听INSTRAW-CIPAF, FLACSO, Santo Domingo, 1993.
Perez-Aleman, P., 鈥淓conomic Crisis and Women in Nicaragua: Adjustments and听Transformation,鈥� in L. Beneria and Feldman, S. (eds.) Unequal Burden: Economic听Crisis, Persistent Poverty and Gender Inequality, Westview Press: Boulder, 1992.
Awards
2018: 91吃瓜's Award for Equity and Community Building, 91吃瓜.
2012: INFORMS-Industry Studies Association Best听Articles Award Finalist (for 鈥淐ollective听Learning in Global Diffusion,鈥澨�Organization Science),听out of 800 articles published in INFORMS Journals in听2011.
2010: Faculty Pioneer Award Finalist, Aspen Institute, Center for Business Education.
Grants
2020-2022: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Partnership Engagement Grant, Principal Investigator
2019-2020: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Partnership Engagement Grant, Principal Investigator
2016-2018: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Insight Development Grant, with Y.听Wu
2013-2014: Institute for the Study of International Development, 91吃瓜, Faculty Research Award
2008-2012: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Business and听Management Grant,听Principal/Sole Researcher
2003, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016: 91吃瓜 Travel Grant
2006-2008: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 91吃瓜, Grant, Principal/Sole Researcher
2004-2007: Fonds Quebecois de Recherche sur la Soci茅t茅 et la Culture, Nouveaux听Professeurs-Chercheurs Program Grant, Principal/Sole Researcher
2002-2003: 91吃瓜, Individual New Research Grant, Research Development Fund, Principal/Sole Researcher
