capital intensive definition

capital intensive

Industry requiring large sums of investment in purchase, maintenance, and amortization of capital equipment, such as automotive, petroleum, and steel industry. Capital intensive industries need a high volume of production and a high margin of profit (as well as low interest rates) to be able to provide adequate returns on investment. See also labor intensive.

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capital intensive appears in the definitions of the following terms: law of proportions, light industry, heavy industry, labor intensive and Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)

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