Generally when people say capital they're referring to large amounts of money, sufficient to fully-capitalize a business venture. Somewhere in the neighborhood

Generally when people say capital they're referring to large amounts of money, sufficient to fully-capitalize a business venture. Somewhere in the neighborhood of $10 million and up. A "capital-intensive" industry is one in which you need a lot more than this to enter the market. Also it's not exactly easy to emigrate. People may be mobile, but they're not liquid.