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Japanese transplants  

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  • Japanese transplants emerged as a phenomenon and concept during the 1980s as a result of the increase of Japanese-invested production facilities in Western industrialized countries. The Japanese transplants entailed the transfer of production, personnel, and labor management systems originating in Japan to foreign soil, attracting a great deal of attention from social science researchers. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Japanese Transplants]

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