Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Requiring a large expenditure of capital in comparison to labor.
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- adjective Needing a relatively large
expenditure oncapital , especially when compared to that spent onlabour .
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Examples
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While official targets routinely underestimate growth, the move is nonetheless an important signal that government priorities in the world's No. 2 economy are shifting to reduce dependence on exports and capital-intensive industries in favor of creating conditions for more domestic demand.
Beijing to Slow Growth Bob Davis 2011
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China's stunning rise has come through huge investment in capital-intensive industries like steel and by turning itself into the world's factory floor, manned by workers who migrate to coastal cities from impoverished rural areas.
Beijing to Slow Growth Bob Davis 2011
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The problem, as is often the case in capital-intensive industries, is inertia.
Does a Different Nuclear Power Lie Ahead? Matt Ridley 2011
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While Berkshire has spent tens of billions of dollars on capital-intensive businesses like railroads and utility operators in recent years, its other businesses, such as insurance, are still generating large amounts of cash for Mr. Buffett to invest in financial assets and to acquire more businesses.
Berkshire's Buffett Eyes More Major Deals as Earnings Surge Serena Ng 2011
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One factor that is rarely mentioned is that SW development isn't a very capital-intensive activity.
Finite Labor Supply in India, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Kleiner has made some big bets so far, carving out $100 million from its $400 million 12th fund raised in 2006 for clean-tech investments, later raising more than $750 million for a fund devoted solely to capital-intensive clean-tech plays.
Enterprise Dispatch 2011
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For one thing, the sale of its loss-plagued, capital-intensive manufacturing business has helped slash debt.
AMD Chip on Shoulder? Get Rid of It Rolfe Winkler 2011
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Aviation is a capital-intensive industry, both in terms of investments in modern jet aircraft as well as the supporting infrastructure including airports and air navigation services.
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University of Toronto professor of Information Studies Andrew Clement points out that municipalities “have many critical assets, including significant financial resources, control over rights of way, as well as experience in developing and operating other complex, capital-intensive infrastructures, such as roads, waterworks, and transportation systems.”
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Try running a capital-intensive business when your utilization is limited like that.
Government Overgrowth, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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