Natural resources, multinational enterprises and sustainable development 1 1We are indebted to Mike Peng, who in his role as the Supervising Editor provided valuable input and support throughout the process of creating this Special Issue. We also thank Jonathan Doh, Rajneesh Narula and Eric Werker for helpful comments.

The natural resources sectors have not been prominent in the recent international business (IB) or management literature. We argue that the natural resources sectors, if not unique, are certainly characterized by a set of features that make them different, and raise issues that are central to international business. We identify two broad areas: the theory of FDI and the MNE, and the link between MNEs and sustainable development. We survey the...