BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Intervention
- government action to manipulate market forces for political or economic purposes
Wiktionary Definition for: Intervention
- the action of intervening; interfering in some course of events
Additional Resources
- The Rise and Fall of Foreign exchange Market Intervention
- The premise of the paper is that the fervor for foreign exchange market intervention by U.S, and European monetary authorities has ebbed in recent years. A pattern of initial belief in the effectiveness of foreign exchange market intervention has been recently been eroded as is revealed by the...
- White papers 2000-06-15
- Intervention: What Are the Domestic Consequences?
- The conventional wisdom is the view that prolonged, large-scale intervention must eventually weaken domestic macroeconomic performance. Yet massive intervention during the five years 2000 to 2004 by the major emerging market central banks - especially Asian central banks - has not apparently had such negative effects. This paper examines and...
- White papers 2005-06-16
- The Empirics of Foreign Exchange Intervention in Emerging Market Countries: The Cases of Mexico and Turkey
- This paper analyzes the effects of intervention on the level and volatility of the exchange rate in Mexico and Turkey, two emerging countries that have floating exchange rate regimes. The paper finds mixed evidence on the effectiveness of intervention. In both cases, the findings are consistent with officially stated policy...
- White papers 2004-07-01
- Suitability of Mobile Communication Techniques for the Business Processes of Intervention Forces
- Intervention forces are special, often state-run organizations that are in charge of surveillance and intervention tasks. Examples are police, medical emergency services, civil defense, and security firms. From a business processes view, intervention forces are a subset of organizations whose operational business is mobile. The contribution analyzes the potentials and...
- White papers 2004-09-24
- Foreign Exchange Market Intervention: Methods and Tactics
- This paper focuses on the methods and tactics of foreign exchange market intervention with an emphasis on how the tactics of intervention can depend on intervention objectives and the environment. The paper highlights the main features of the survey responses provided by emerging market central banks on questions of the...
- White papers 2005-06-16
- Sterilized foreign exchange intervention: the Fed debate in the 1960s. (Federal Reserve System)
- The Federal Reserve System began its intervention in the market for foreign exchange in 1962. Such intervention is undertaken at the behest of the Treasury. That year there was a spirited debate within the Federal Reserve over whether this involvement wouThe Federal Reserve System began its intervention in the market...
- Research articles 1996-03-22
- Politics of a pilot strike: U.S. reps would oppose intervention. (pilots of Northwest Airlines Corp.)
- U.S. reps would oppose intervention Despite predictions of economic chaos if pilots strike Northwest Airlines Corp., members of the U.S. House from metro Detroit unanimously oppose an intervention by President Bill Clinton that would delay a strike foU.S. reps would oppose intervention Despite predictions of...
- Research articles 1998-08-24
- Impact of a Performance Management Intervention on Work Processes and Operational Indicators
- Organizations are constantly seeking new ways to improve performance. Currently a popular management intervention called Performance Management seeks to more closely link employee activities to organizational objectives. It is difficult to objectively assess what has changed following an improvement intervention. This paper discusses an actual field study undertaken to improve...
- White papers 2001-04-01
- The Impact of a Performance Management Intervention on Work Processes and Operational Indicators
- The article opens the fact that organizations are constantly seeking new ways to improve performance. Currently a popular management intervention called performance management seeks to more closely link employee activities to organizational objectives. This paper discusses an actual field study undertaken to improve performance through the design and installation of...
- White papers 2001-04-01
- Incident Intervention-- A Powerful Resource in Loss Control for Health and Safety Managers
- meetings. Aside from ensuring a safe and healthful workplace, managers must keep a close eye on the costs of their programs. They must identify and establish best work practices that maximize company resources and integrate cost-avoidance strategies. To help meet this challenge, incident management services are available from qualified doctors,...
- White papers 2001-01-26
- What Are the Keys to Successful and Active Intervention by GPs in Their Troubled Portfolio Companies?
- When portfolio companies become troubled, the General Partner's role is to determine if outside intervention is required and, if so, which resources must be brought to bear and in what time frame. Most portfolio companies do not experience severe distress; however, companies under perform sufficiently often that the General Partner...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Central Bank Foreign Exchange Market Intervention And Option Contract Specification: The Case of Colombia
- This article aims to identify appropriate option contract specification for effective central bank exchange market intervention. Option contract specification determines the impact of options on the underlying asset or currency, and hence, their actual effect on asset price or currency volatility and are therefore key in determining the effectiveness of...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- The Effectiveness of Foreign Exchange Intervention in Emerging Market Countries
- This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of what is known about the effectiveness of foreign exchange intervention in emerging market countries. A major stumbling block in assessing the effectiveness of intervention in emerging markets has been a lack of data. In constructing an overview of the results, it...
- White papers 2005-06-16
- Effects of Screening and Brief Intervention Training on Resident and Faculty Alcohol Intervention Behaviours: A Pre-Post-Intervention Assessment
- Many hazardous and harmful drinkers do not receive clinician advice to reduce their drinking. Some studies suggest under-detection and clinician reluctance to intervene despite awareness of Problem Drinking PD. The Healthy Habits Project previously reported chart review data documenting increased screening and intervention with hazardous and harmful drinkers after training...
- White papers 2005-11-04
- Hispanic Physicians' Tobacco Intervention Practices: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study
- U.S. Hispanic physicians constitute a considerable professional collective, and they may be most suited to attend to the health education needs of the growing U.S. Hispanic population. These educational needs include tobacco use prevention and smoking cessation. However, there is a lack of information on Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices,...
- White papers 2005-11-14
- Director Of Intervention Services
- The Director Of Intervention Services job description template includes the following job summary: The Director of Intervention Services is administratively responsible to the Executive Director. The Director of Intervention Services plans and coordinates all phases of volunteer involvement with the Council and the agency's Service Management Program. Major responsibilities include:...
- Tools & templates 2007-09-09
- Pressure builds in Europe for intervention to curb euro surge
- FRANKFURT AFP — With growth flagging in the 12-nation eurozone, pressure is building in European financial circles for central bank intervention to curb a surge in the euro against the dollar. But intervention advocates are likely to encounter stiff resistance to any such move by the United States. ...
- Research articles 2004-11-11
- Why Intervention Rarely Works.(foreign-exchange market intervention)
- Foreign-exchange-market intervention is generally ineffective when undertaken independent of monetary policy. But when undertaken as a goal of monetary policy, exchange-rate management can compromise price stability. This Economic Commentary explains the difficulties of implementing an intervention policy. In the late 1980s,...
- Research articles 2000-02-01
- Adolescents' HIV risk reduced with community intervention.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 September 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: Adolescents' HIV risk reduced with community interventionC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28092005 New Haven, Conn. -- A community-level intervention program aimed at young adolescents delays early intercourse, increases condom use and reduces the type of risky...
- Research articles 2005-09-28
- Swiss National Bank Prefers Verbal Intervention
- Kathy Lien submits: Like Florida weather, the Swiss National Bank can’t make up their mind about whether they want to intervene in the currency market or not. Last week, the Swiss franc collapsed after SNB Vice President Hildebrand said point blank that “they could also intervene in the...
- External links 2009-01-29
