That corporate and community interests are not always synonymous is a truism common to all organizations, not just the multinationals. But the scale of operations among the latter is so enormous that it makes the consequences of their decisions especially great. We have illustrated the point by focusing on how changes in corporate strategy, even if only to increase rates of profit, can set the basis for widespread socioeconomic change. In a similar way, the decisions of multinationals to move their liquid capital from one country to another to take advantage of interest rate differentials can have a major effect on the international balance of payments of the countries concerned. Or a decision to pursue a particular line of corporate development can have a major effect on national and regional economic planning, distorting the pattern of relations that the host region or nation wishes to encourage.