Historical context in brief -- Multinational corporations in the economic development of Black Africa : some problems that affect an equitable relationship -- Issues in North-South relations and the new world order -- MNC-Third World relations : a comparative study of policymakers' attitudes and perceptions -- Multinationals in the Third World : reciprocity, conflict resolution and economic policy formulation -- Multinationals, the North and the new world order : objectives and opportunities -- Internationalization decision making and the global interdependency sensitivity thesis -- Multinationals and the Caribbean : a post-colonial perspective -- Third World investment strategy : the African predicament -- Whose wealth to maximize : the Third World as stakeholder -- Gist and profit satisficing : toward more user-friendly shareholder wealth maximization -- User-friendly shareholder wealth maximization and B-school pedagogy.