Alessandra Perri has focused her scientific research activity on the themes of strategic management of technological innovation in multinational and family firms, and of inter- and intra-organizational relationships aimed at knowledge creation. Alessandra Perri has been a visiting scholar at several foreign universities, including Copenhagen Business School, Fox School of Business at Temple University, Henley Business School, IESE Business School and Melbourne University.

In 2016, she was awarded the John H. Dunning Visiting Fellowship, sponsored by the John H. Dunning Centre for International Business at Henley Business School, University of Reading. Since 2014, she has been participating in the international research network “iBEGIN – International Business, Economic Geography and Innovation”, of which – in 2017 – she organized the annual conference at the Department of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Within the iBEGIN network, she develops the line of research on the international management of knowledge networks. On this topic, she is the author of several scientific articles published on international journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, and Industrial and Corporate Change. Her research has received numerous awards, including the “John H. Dunning Best Doctoral Thesis Proposal Award”, the “International Business Review Best Paper Award”, the “Global Strategy Journal Best Paper Award”, and the “AIB UK & Ireland Palgrave Best Competitive Paper Award”.