Labour-intensive is a term denoting an industry or firm in which the remuneration paid to employees represents a higher proportion of the costs of production than the cost of raw materials or capital equipment (in the reverse case the industry or firm is said to be capital-intensive). While publishing is a labour-intensive industry, printing is capital-intensive. Research Labour-intensive
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Abbreviations
Research Labour-intensive
