labour-intensive production

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• labour-intensive — ˌlabour inˈtensive , labor intensive adjective COMMERCE MANUFACTURING needing a lot of workers in order to produce something: • The company was using old, labour intensive production methods. • Whereas goods production can be automated, the… …   Financial and business terms

• labour-intensive — Denoting an industry, company, production process, or project in which the remuneration paid to employees represents a high proportion of the total costs. Compare capital intensive …   Big dictionary of business and management

• capital-intensive production — This refers to techniques of production , and represents the proportion of capital (machinery, equipment, inventories) relative to labour , measured by the capital labour ratio. The term is frequently used in the development literature to… …   Dictionary of sociology

• intensive — /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv / (say in tensiv) adjective 1. of, relating to, or characterised by intensity: intensive fire from machine guns. 2. intensifying. 3. Medicine a. increasing in intensity or degree. b. instituting treatment to the limit of safety. 4.… …  

• intensive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) very thorough or vigorous. 2) (of agriculture) aiming to achieve maximum production within a limited area. 3) (in combination ) concentrating on or making much use of something: labour intensive methods. DERIVATIVES intensively… …   English terms dictionary

• labour economics — Study of how workers are allocated among jobs, how their rates of pay are determined, and how their efficiency is affected by various factors. The labour force of a country includes all those who work for gain in any capacity as well as those who …   Universalium

• intensive — adj. & n. adj. 1 thorough, vigorous; directed to a single point, area, or subject (intensive study; intensive bombardment). 2 of or relating to intensity as opp. to extent; producing intensity. 3 serving to increase production in relation to… …   Useful english dictionary

• Intensive farming — or intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by the high inputs of capital, fertilizers, labour, or labour saving technologies such as pesticides relative to land area. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9042533… …   Wikipedia

• Intensive stage — Intensive stage, or by its full name, predominantly intensive stage of accumulation pertains to one of the periodizations of capitalism, as proposed by Aglietta (1976). It is the second stage of capitalism: when the extensive stage becomes… …   Wikipedia

• Production agricole — Agriculture Culture intensive de pomme de terre en plein champ L’agriculture (du latin agricultura) est un processus par lequel les hommes aménagent leurs écosystèmes pour satisfaire les besoins de leurs sociétés[1] …   Wikipédia en Français

• labour, division of —       the separation of a work process into a number of tasks, with each task performed by a separate person or group of persons. It is most often applied to systems of mass production and is one of the basic organizing principles of the assembly …   Universalium