intensive margin

基本解釋

The deals let the Japanese firms exit capital-intensive, low-margin businesses in which scale is needed but the product is little differentiated.
這些交易使得日本企業(yè)退出了資本密集型的低利潤市場，這個市場的規(guī)模很可觀，但是產(chǎn)品差異度很小。
The issue is analogous to the effect of some incentives on hours per worker (the intensive margin) or labor-force participation (the extensive margin).
這個問題類似于某種激勵對每個工人的勞動時間（內(nèi)涵邊界）的效果，或某種激勵對勞動大軍參予（外延邊際）的效果。
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Another focus will be on extending India's outsourcing industry, either by automating labour-intensive processes or by developing high-margin specialist niches.
另外還會把注意力放在印度外包產(chǎn)業(yè)的擴展上，可以實現(xiàn)勞動力密集型業(yè)務自動化，還可以發(fā)展利潤率較高的專門細分市場。

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