It has become conventional wisdom in management literature that familyowned business is restricted by its management practices and, therefore, cannot grow beyond a certain size. In the case of Chinese family firms, these practices are related to paternalism, nepotism, personalism, and fragmentation. This paper examines three detailed qualitative case studies of Chinese family firms from Hong Kong that have relentlessly pursued growth through internationalization. It argues that venturing into foreign markets and transnational operations has become an effective means for Chinese family firms to expand beyond the limits of domestic markets and centripetal management structures. International business strategies enable Chinese family firms to socialize trusted members into the corporate "family," provide a training ground for the future heir to the patriarch, and consolidate networks of personal and business relationships. There are, therefore, no a priori reasons to support the alleged limits to the growth of Chinese family firms in their international context.

Question 11 8

What is the significance of renal disease with respect to anaemia, if any?

Question 12

Can anaemia be a differentiating point between muscle wasting and

cachexia owing to another systemic disorder?

Question 13

Anaemia of chronic disease does not respond to iron therapy, but there

are trials studying the use of iron and erythropoietin (EPO). Could you

tell me where to find more detailed information about these trials, and

whether there have since been any further developments?

Question 14

Is the deoxyuridine test helpful?

Question 15

The Schilling test is very rarely performed. Why is this?

Question 16

There is no extramedullary haematopoiesis in aplastic anaemia, why?

Question 17

Why is the anaemia in aplastic anaemia, macrocytic?

Question 18

Is vitamin B12 absorbed passively from the jejunum?

Question 19

What role does 'R' binder play in the absorption of vitamin B12?

Question 20

In pernicious anaemia, investigation of the serum shows an elevated

level of gastrin. Why is it so?