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.
这些交易使得日本企业退出了资本密集型的低利润市场，这个市场的规模很可观，但是产品差异度很小。
The issue is analogous to the effect of some incentives on hours per worker (the intensive margin) or labor-force participation (the extensive margin).
这个问题类似于某种激励对每个工人的劳动时间（内涵边界）的效果，或某种激励对劳动大军参予（外延边际）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.
另外还会把注意力放在印度外包产业的扩展上，可以实现劳动力密集型业务自动化，还可以发展利润率较高的专门细分市场。

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