In the past, in “domestic market oriented” service industries such as distribution industry and infrastructure intensive industry, companies did not look toward developing overseas businesses. The reasons for this include: (1) expected large scale domestic demand, assuming a constant economic growth; (2) “short lag time between manufacture and consumption” in the service industry; and (3) existence of substantive entry barriers such as variety of regulations and differences in business practices in other countries. 従来、流通業、インフラ産業を始めとするサービス産業等の「国内市場型」産業においては、①右肩上がりの経済成長を前提とした大きな国内需要、②サービス産業における「生産・消費の同時性」、③各種規制や諸外国との商習慣の違いに起因する実質的な参入障壁の存在等を背景に、海外展開が志向されてこなかった。 - 経済産業省