This question is particularly relevant where such corporations have emerged as a consequence of the developmental experience of the NICs themselves. What, for instance, are the implications if a "Third World'' transnational company (TNC) moves o shore and transfers production activities to even cheaper sites elsewhere in the "Third World''? Similarly, is it necessarily the case that the more recent East Asian proto-NICs (e.g., Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia) will continue to follow the "accepted'' model as defined by the World Bank (1993)?