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burden of knowledge: a standalone construct

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Scholarly communication

the claim that as knowledge accumulates, innovators need more training, specialize more narrowly and work more in teams to reach the frontier.

In scholarly communication, burden of knowledge refers to the claim that as knowledge accumulates, innovators need more training, specialize more narrowly and work more in teams to reach the frontier. This meaning comes from Jones (2009) in Review of Economic Studies.[1]

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burden3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs frontier3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs knowledge6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Jones, B. F. (2009). The Burden of Knowledge and the “Death of the Renaissance Man”: Is Innovation Getting Harder? Review of Economic Studies, 76(1), 283-317. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-937x.2008.00531.x

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