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3. According to Demsetz (as reported in Blair, 2011) which of the following are important assumptions in understanding the Human Capital used in teams?
a. Team members specialize their human capital to work in the team.
b. It doesn't really matter which individuals are assigned to work on the team.
c. The human capital of all the team members combined is worth more when they work as a team than in other work contexts.
d. Both "A" and "C"
e. All of the above.
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