Three in four are for export, with the US the biggest overseas customer.

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While a Web site can attract interest from all over the globe, there's still the challenge of collecting from an overseas customer.

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The offshore-outsourcing business is unpopular with most Americans, particularly those who have seen their jobs reading X-rays, analyzing data or answering customer queries shipped overseas.

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These companies have proven that Japan quality and focus customer satisfaction can drive successful expansion in new overseas markets.

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From 2005 to 2010, it reduced its foreign workforce by 1, 000, while cutting 28, 000 jobs in the U.S. But Chief Jeffrey Immelt tells Wessel that the company is shifting business overseas not in search of cheap labor, but rather, because of a growing customer base in countries like Brazil and China.

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