The technology also makes the business capital-intensive. From Wordnik.com. [Lights Out, Profits In: The New Factory] Reference
Casinos are capital-intensive, and capital markets have dried up. From Wordnik.com. [Sheldon G. Adelson: We’ll Always Have Vegas] Reference
This system is capital-intensive, but has low labor requirements. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
Energy development entails long-term, capital-intensive investments. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
I felt, and still do, that we're a cyclical, capital-intensive business. From Wordnik.com. [The Deficit Is Job One] Reference
China has no inherent cost advantages in the capital-intensive paper industry. From Wordnik.com. [Usha Haley: The Pandora's Box of Trade With China] Reference
Mr. Castries sold part of AXA's capital-intensive, lower-growth U.K. business in May. From Wordnik.com. [Axa's Long Walk to a Premium] Reference
This is a low-value, high-volume industry that is both labor - and capital-intensive. From Wordnik.com. [2 Butterfly Status and Conservation] Reference
Even in its most capital-intensive form, stitching is still a labour-intensive process. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
The production is labor intensive rather than capital-intensive, it thus creates jobs. From Wordnik.com. [1. Introduction] Reference
· The production is labour intensive rather than capital-intensive, thus it creates jobs. From Wordnik.com. [2. Introduction] Reference
The energy sector has evolved as a capital-intensive, expert-dominated, centralised sector. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Steel is very capital-intensive; when we increase production we don't hire a lot of workers. From Wordnik.com. [Is ‘Buy American’ a Slogan Worth Preserving?] Reference
A new capital-intensive technology could also require less manpower and create unemployment. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
The other is to try to deal with the fact that farming has become more and more capital-intensive. From Wordnik.com. [President In Discussion With Montana Farmers] Reference
Returns on capital-intensive quarries, kilns and silos depend on mastering local market conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Cement Sector No Longer At Rock Bottom] Reference
In order to minimize the labour cost, construction work has become more and more capital-intensive. From Wordnik.com. [2. Catchment possibilities and choice of reservoir types] Reference
These new trends have resulted in the establishment of relatively large-scale, capital-intensive plants. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Pipeline transmission is capital-intensive and allows little flexibility in the choice of buyers and sellers. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
One result has been to focus attention exclusively on relatively capital-intensive and complex energy systems. From Wordnik.com. [1. BASIC APPROACH a) Cost-Benefit-Approach for Socio-Economic Selection] Reference
Moreover, the very poorest households are unable to pay for even less capital-intensive modern energy options. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Thinning is normally uneconomical in capital-intensive projects, especially when population densities are high. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
It is a prerequisite at the early stage of any new technologyparticularly one that is highly capital-intensive. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Tunnel kilns, in which the bricks are passed through a stationary fire, are very sophisticated and capital-intensive. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
Even within the manufacturing sector, India tends to specialize in relatively skill - and capital-intensive activities. From Wordnik.com. [India Gears Up For Growth] Reference
By the same reasoning, however, entrepreneurs forego little profit when they adopt a more capital-intensive technology. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
This finding may seem surprising as thermal processing is much more capital-intensive than the other processing methods. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
As indicated above, soil construction is liable to be a capital-intensive technology rather than an energy-demanding one. From Wordnik.com. [3. Innovative technologies related to the increased utilization of low-energy building materials] Reference
However, few of these capital-intensive items will be appropriate to the type of production described in this memorandum. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
As steel making grows more capital-intensive -- depending more on machines than people -- America's steel prospects improve. From Wordnik.com. [A Trade War We Don't Need] Reference
Many venture-capital firms in the current economy have also been steering away from the capital-intensive semiconductor sector. From Wordnik.com. [Law Firms Offer Discounts, Play Matchmaker] Reference
In general, such industrialisation may not take place if large-scale, capital-intensive plants are favoured over small-scale plants. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
These methods do not include technologies which are more appropriate for capital-intensive medium and large-scale processing plants. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
The use of expatriate personnel is commonly associated with imported capital-intensive technologies for building-material production. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
The underdeveloped machine industry in most developing countries ensures that capital-intensive operations have little or no value-added. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Tunnel kilns, in which the bricks are passed through a stationary fire, are too sophisticated and capital-intensive to be considered here. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Glass represents how an even more potent challenge has arrived: sophisticated, capital-intensive businesses that boast high-tech expertise. From Wordnik.com. [China Closes the Gap in Glass Making] Reference
They were faced with two extremes: labour-intensive hand-processing on the one hand and capital-intensive mainframe computers on the other. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Getting out of Chapter 11 can be tough when (a) the bankrupt companies are capital-intensive manufacturers; and (b) creditors are reluctant to give up on their claims. From Wordnik.com. [In Defense of Detroit] Reference
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