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What (who) is capital-intensive - definition

ECONOMIC CONCEPT
Capital intensive; Capital-intensive

capital-intensive         
Capital-intensive industries and businesses need the investment of large sums of money. Compare labour-intensive
. (BUSINESS)
ADJ
capital-intensive         
¦ adjective requiring the investment of large sums of money.
Capital intensity         
Capital intensity is the amount of fixed or real capital present in relation to other factors of production, especially labor. At the level of either a production process or the aggregate economy, it may be estimated by the capital to labor ratio, such as from the points along a capital/labor isoquant.

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Capital intensity

Capital intensity is the amount of fixed or real capital present in relation to other factors of production, especially labor. At the level of either a production process or the aggregate economy, it may be estimated by the capital to labor ratio, such as from the points along a capital/labor isoquant.

Examples of use of capital-intensive
1. "Shipbuilding is very capital–intensive and needs constant injections of funds."
2. "Russia is a capital–intensive economy where that might not be the case," he said.
3. "This is a very capital intensive industry and you need a lot of money, the major proportion is foreign exchange.
4. Banks are also keen to help finance such capital–intensive projects, giving them a foothold into the lucrative oil trade.
5. "It should also mean higher future cash flows relative to profits as Magnetics was very capital intensive," he said.