Beginning in the 1970s, european and japanese firms began to shift labor-intensive manufacturing operations to developing nations

The answer is beginning in the 1970s, European and Japanese firms began to shift labor intensive manufacturing operations from developing nations to their home countries where labor costs were lower.

But it is FALSE.

Beginning in the 1970s, Europeans and Japanese firms began to shift labor-intensive manufacturing operations from their home markets to developing nations where the labor costs were lower.

Explanation:

a plantation economy is an economy based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few commodity crops grown on large farms called plantations. plantation economies rely on the export of cash crops as a source of income.

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