international business relocation philippines christina s cheng asean case studies no 19 march 2000 centre for manag e ment and development antwerp cimda 3 this chapter provides two illustrations of in the following broad definition wherein one company establishes its operations a new location without ne c essarily closing orig i nal facilities epson subsidiary japan was established 1992 to supplement growing world wide demand large small printers study qualifies under positive form that increases overall capacity production usually response market existing products or creation separate we draw up criteria expansion present sketch social political economic conditions each three locations were studied by top management indonesia vietnam process completed stages is narrated compar son selected provinces presented followed preliminary di cussion effects