Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti

Biographic Data

ID644002
NAMEEnrica Chiappero-Martinetti
GIVEN NAMESEnrica
FAMILY NAMEChiappero-Martinetti
SIGNATURECHIAPPERO-MARTINETTI E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Pavia
ORCID0000-0002-5828-593X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Reconsidering the Role of Markets and Firms Through a Capability Perspective

    Open AccessEnrica Chiappero-MartinettiARTICLEJournal of Human Development and…2026

    This paper reexamines markets and firms through the capability approach, advocating a shift toward a more human-centred economic paradigm. Although the capability literature has grown across disciplines, it has paid limited attention to production processes, markets, and the internal functioning of firms. Addressing this gap, the paper critically examines the assumptions of mainstream economics, particularly the narrow focus on profit maximisatio…

  • Halfway There, Long Way to Go

    M N Asadullah, Ann Elizabeth Mitchell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Development2024References: 5

    As we mark the anniversary of the publication of the 2030 Agenda mid-term report, the world's nations stand at a crossroads. While off-track in achieving most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), multiple crises have further exposed deep inequalities and vulnerabilities in the current dominant approach centred on economic growth and resource allocations. In this editorial paper, scholars of the human development and capability association and ed…

  • Creating social value by empowering people

    Open AccessNadia Von Jacobi, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Public and Cooperative…2023Cited by: 1References: 24

    Initiatives across the private, public, and third sectors have increasingly pursued social value beyond mere profit. However, how social value can be created still requires a more detailed investigation. This paper provides conceptual and empirical arguments on how initiatives of social innovation, which intentionally seek to empower people, contribute to generate social value. We investigate three European social innovation cases—which are colle…

  • The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach

    Open AccessDes Gasper, D R Gasper et al.EDITORBOOKCambridge Handbook of the…2020

    This landmark handbook collects in a single volume the current state of cutting-edge research on the capability approach. It includes a comprehensive introduction to the approach as well as new research from leading scholars in this increasingly influential multi-disciplinary field, including the pioneers of capability research, Martha C. Nussbaum and Amartya Sen. Incorporating both approachable introductory chapters and more in-depth analysis re…

  • Social Innovation and the Capability Approach-Introduction to the Special Issue

    Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Christopher Houghton Budd et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Development2017Cited by: 5References: 16

    We are pleased to share with this special issue the first multi-authored discussion of social innovation and the capability approach. It includes eight research articles as well as three policy bri

  • Creating (Economic) Space for Social Innovation

    Rafael Ziegler, György Molnár et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Development2017Cited by: 3References: 6

    The 2006 UNDP report made a powerful point about innovation and social impact. The changes in urban water provision, sanitation and wastewater removal across European cities since the mid-nineteent

  • The Space of Inequalities

    Enrica Chiappero-MartinettiARTICLEJournal of Human Development2016References: 1

    There are many reasons for reading Tony Atkinson’s most recent and excellent book, Inequality: What Can Be Done? I would like to touch on just a few of them here.The first and foremost is that Atki

  • Facing Trajectories from School to Work

    Open AccessHans‐Uwe Otto, J M Bonvin et al.EDITORBOOKFacing Trajectories from School…2015

  • The Capability Approach

    Open AccessSéverine Deneulin, I Robeyns et al.BOOKCapability Approach2008

    The capability approach developed by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has become an important new paradigm in thinking about development. However, despite its theoretical and philosophical attractiveness, it has been less easy to measure or to translate into policy. This volume addresses these issues in the context of poverty and justice. Part I offers a set of conceptual essays that debate the strength of the often misunderstood individual focus of th…