Kevin Freeman is the head of a team developing plastic knee replacements. Each member of the team brings specialized knowledge to the innovation process. Kevin noticed that the specialist on bone/artificial materials compatibility is always late to meetings and contributes little. This an example of the:
A) benefits of the use of dispersed knowledge.
B) costs of employee of buy-in.
C) costs of collective action problems.
D) problem of the free rider.

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The specialist is benefiting from the team's work without contributing, which is a classic example of the free rider problem.

Kevin Freeman Is the Head of a Team Developing Plastic