Preface; Service Entities in Open-Closed Innovation: The Growth of Service Economy for Smaller Firms Driven by Information Technology (IT) & Knowledge-Intensive Services (KIS); Embracing Change? An Update of the IFAC Compliance Programme in a Less Developed Economy; Hong Kong's Economic Integration with China via FDI: Sustainable Growth of the HK-PRD Globalized Delta Economy; Environmental Sustainability of Poverty Reduction in a Small Open Dualistic Economy: The Case of Wage Subsidy Policies & Industrial Pollution under Sector-Specific Capital; Do Political Freedoms Attract or Discourage Foreign Direct Investment? Evidence from Central & Eastern Europe & Former Soviet Union; Regulation as a Protectionist Strategy; Black Money & Corruption in India: Necessary Evils to Survive?: A Commentary; Does Higher Economic Integration of Trade Blocs Lead to Fair Trade?; Interactions between Economic Growth, Innovation, Financial Development & Sustainability in Emerging Countries; Index.