Construction is a labor-intensive business. Despite tremendous advances in design, coordination, and management technologies, the physical installation of work in the field remains reliant on people.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. Labor costs today make up approximately two-thirds of U.S.

Every change in the economic environment presents profit opportunities as well as problems. The persistent tightness in the labor market, which will last through 2030, will mostly challenge companies, ...

Through the country's 'Make in India' policy, which aims to promote domestic entrepreneurship and attract foreign investment into high-tech export industries, India's focus on self-reliance has ...