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The construction industry is a non-manufacturing business; however, lean concepts could assist in the development of a new business model in the construction context. This thesis derived lean concepts from the manufacturing industry and examined their applicability for construction firms in Japan, by exploring the business processes of the Japanese construction industry from three perspectives: the production level, the enterprise level, and the extended enterprise level. This thesis revealed that the peculiarities of the construction industry created barriers to reap the full benefit of the lean transformation at the production and the enterprise level. This thesis concluded that the Japanese construction industry should apply lean concepts at the extended enterprise level. 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