Financial intermediation

Crotty, J.R. (1985) The centrality of money, credit, and financial intermediation in Marx s crisis theory an interpretation of Marx s methodology , in S. Resnick and R. Wolff (eds) Rethinking Marxism Essays for Harry Magdoff and Paul Sweezy, New York Autonomedia, pp. 45-81. 

Financial intermediation services, except insurance and pension funding services... 

These core industries are agriculture, hunting, and forestry Manufacturing Electricity, gas and water supply Construction Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, and personal and household goods Hotels and restaurants Transport, storage and communication Financial intermediation and Real estate, renting and business activities (EUROSTAT 2010b). 

Holmer, M. R. and S. A. Zenios. The productivity of financial intermediation and the technology of financial product management. Operations Research, 43(6) 970-983, 1995. 

Chemla, G., 2005. Hold-up, stakeholders and takeover threats. Journal of Financial Intermediation 14, 376-397. 

Synthetic-based muds are mineral oil muds in which the oil phase has been replaced with a synthetic fluid, such as ether, ester, PAO, or linear alkylbenzene, and are available from major mud companies. The mud selection process is based on the mud s technical performance, environmental impact, and financial impact. Synthetic muds are expensive. Two factors influence the direct cost unit or per-barrel cost and mud losses. Synthetic muds are the technical equivalent of oil-based muds when drilling intermediate hole sections. They are technically superior to all water-based systems when drilling reactive shales in directional wells. However, with efficient solids-control equipment, optimized drilling, and good housekeeping practices, the cost of the synthetic mud can be brought to a level comparable with oil-based mud [1308]. 

Tanks should be grouped so that no more than two rows of tanks are provided within diked areas separated by roads to ensure fire fighting access is available. Large tanks within a common diked area should be provided with intermediate spill dikes or drainage channels between the tanks, as an intermediate level of protection against spill spread. When a small number of small tanks are located together the level of major impacts is less and therefor the financial risk is lower. In these cases it is acceptable not to provide full or intermediate dikes. 

Support of our work under Reactive Intermediates of Carcinogenesis of PAHs by the NCI of NIH (2R15-CA078235-02A) is gratefully acknowledged. G.L.B thanks CONICET and the Secretarfa de Ciencia y Tecnologia de la Universidad Nacional de Cdrdoba (Secyt) for financial support. 

The system uses no fuel or fuel transport, packaging, storage, and disposal systems and needs no intermediate refining facilities and operations. The resulting overhead and financial savings are vast and significant. 

A steady increase in the number of homochiral drugs on world markets has created an increased demand for enantiomerically pure intermediates as well as for enantioselective technologies. Many pharmaceutical companies are pursuing new financial opportunities and gaining improved bargaining positions by producing patent protected and more expensive enantiomeri-cally pure drugs from unprotected racemic pharmaceuticals. 

From 1983 onwards he has been a consultant to the pesticide, chemical and petrochemical industries as well as to financial institutions. In 1992, he founded and is president of Prochrom Industrias Quimicas S/A. Prochrom is one of the largest manufacturers of intermediates and active ingredients for crop protection products in Latin America. 

E-trading platform Focus on highly standardized commodity chemicals Real-time auctions Financial products for risk management E-exchange Focus on intermediates, fine chemicals and specialties Auctions based on bid and ask system Additional value added services, e.g., online product testing... 

Manufacturing High cost and value of raw materials and intermediates. Small change in yield or quality has a major financial impact. Extensive efforts to fine-tune processes are readily justified. 

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