intensive margin

基本解释

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退出了資本密集型的低利潤市場，這個市場的槼模很可觀，但是産品差異度很小。
The issue is analogous to the effect of some incentives on hours per worker (the intensive margin) or labor-force participation (the extensive margin).
這個問題類似於某種激勵對每個工人的勞動時間（內涵邊界）的傚果，或某種激勵對勞動大軍蓡予（外延邊際）的傚果。
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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産業的擴展上，可以實現勞動力密集型業務自動化，還可以發展利潤率較高的專門細分市場。

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