Transnational corporations (TNCs) from emerging markets (EM) are a growing force in the global economy. In 2013, outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing and transition economies reached USD553 billion, amounting to 39 percent of global FDI outflows. Driven in particular by the resources and policies of the BRIC states, emerging-market TNCs are expected to increase their presence abroad. The investment by emerging-market TNCs presents many opportunities and challenges for sustainable development of host and home countries. This call for papers seeks to deepen research, analysis and discussion of those opportunities and challenges. We therefore call for original papers that examine the environmental, social and economic effects of foreign investment by emerging-market TNCs and how home-state and international institutions (i.e., formal laws, regulations, and policies, and informal mechanisms and relationships) impact those effects. We are also interested in research that explores the existence of, and factors behind, commonalities and differences between traditional TNCs (from developed countries) and emerging-market TNCs in terms of their impacts on sustainable development in host countries.