Valentina Morretta

Biographic Data

ID5918316
NAMEValentina Morretta
GIVEN NAMESValentina
FAMILY NAMEMorretta
SIGNATUREMORRETTA V
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Milan
ORCID0000-0002-6783-9949
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • The socio-economic value of scientific publications

    Open AccessValentina Morretta, Davide Vurchio et al.ARTICLETechnological Forecasting and…2022

  • Human and social capital accumulation within research infrastructures

    Open AccessGelsomina Catalano, Francesco Giffoni et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Public and Cooperative…2021Cited by: 1References: 1

    The contribution to human and social capital accumulation is one of the most important socio‐economic benefits of public investment in Research Infrastructures. Sure enough, these large scientific enterprises are exceptional incubators of human and social capital, especially for early‐career researchers who have the opportunity to gain new skills and expand their network of contacts in highly prestigious and challenging workplaces. This paper exp…

  • Territorial capital as a source of firm competitive advantage

    Valentina Morretta, Stephen Syrett et al.ARTICLEEuropean Planning Studies2020

    This paper investigates how territorial capital, defined as a ‘mix‘ of tangible and intangible local resources accumulated over time across different territories, becomes a source of competitive advantage for firms. The study draws upon semi-structured interviews with firms' owner-managers operating in the North and South of Italy and shows how local resources generate firms' costs and differentiation advantages through acting as territorial exte…

  • Regional disparities and industrial structure

    Paolo Castelnovo, Valentina Morretta et al.ARTICLERegional Studies2020Cited by: 4References: 3

    The role of territorial capital (TC) on the productivity of Italian firms is investigated by constructing indicators for eight dimensions of TC in a first attempt to capture a wide variety of regional resources. When imposing homogeneous TC effects on all firms, it is found that technological, social, institutional, financial and infrastructure capital drive productivity. However, only technological and artistic capital contribute to reduce regio…

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis and European Union Cohesion Policy

    Open AccessMassimo Florio, Valentina Morretta et al.ARTICLEJournal of Benefit-Cost Analysis2018Cited by: 2References: 6

    This paper investigates the role of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in the context of the European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy. After presenting the EU policy framework and the CBA guidelines adopted by the European Commission, we perform an empirical analysis drawing from a dataset of around 1000 major project applications, submitted during the period 2007–2013 by 22 European countries, and representing almost €180 billion of investment. A distinctiv…