Representative office is the best solution for those foreign investors who want to conduct research and marketing activities before establishing permanent presence in Indonesia for business activities.
A representative office is relatively easy to set up and not as time consuming as establishment of a company. Investors are not required to invest large amount of capital to establish a representative office.
A representative office is a branch of investors overseas business and it can only conduct research, marketing, and promotion activities. A epresentative office CANNOT generate revenue and profit because the Indonesian government restricts representative office to conduct any business activities to generate revenue and profit.