Sentence examples for capital intensive are from inspiring English sources

"We don't think that there are any no-go areas, but things like oil refineries that are capital intensive are harder than things that are people-based," says Jonathan Bland, chief executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition.

The move is a sign of how the digital TV industry is already fairly large in its geographical reach, but in many cases is still only providing incremental revenue on top of more traditional TV revenue streams — and so companies that work in this space, which can be capital intensive, are best suited to bulk up their scale to survive.

But we all know that is very hard and is capital intensive as being exhibited by UberMedia which has raised $30 million, and is still being slapped around by Twitter.

The biggest reason VCs give for not backing more consumer electronics companies is how capital intensive they are, compared to lean and mean Web companies.

However, options such as irrigation are capital intensive despite being the ideal strategy against rainfall uncertainties.

His version of the facts is "renewable energy is intermittent, small scale, too costly and capital intensive to be commercial".

Shifts to more capital-intensive startups are being made.

Economists call such industries "capital intensive" which is another way of saying "doesn't create many jobs".

We are also concerned that department stores are capital intensive and need to be furbished to a high standard to attract shoppers.

Flood defense engineering works are highly capital intensive and can be limited by land availability, leaving land and communities exposed to repeated flooding.

Flood defence engineering works are highly capital intensive and can be limited by land availability, leaving land and communities exposed to repeated flooding.