Difference between revisions of "Category:Business terms"
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| − | [[ | + | [[value added]]: originally, the difference between the cost of bought-in materials and the eventual selling price of the finished product |
| − | [[ | + | [[value-added tax]]: a tax added at each stage in the manufacture of a product. It acts as a replacement for a sales tax in almost every industrialized country outside North America. |
| − | [[ | + | [[variable annuity]]: an annuity whose payments depend either on the success of investments that underlie it, or on the value of the index |
| − | [[ | + | [[variable cost]]: a cost of production that is directly proportional to the number of units produced |
| − | [[ | + | [[variable interest rate]]: an interest rate that changes, usually in relation to a standard index, during the period of the loan |
| − | [[ | + | [[venture capital]]: money used to finance new companies or projects, especially those with high earning potential and high risk. |
| − | [[ | + | [[venture funding]]: the round of funding |
| + | for a new company that follows seed funding provided by venture capitalists. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[venture management]]: the collaboration of various sections within an organization to encourage entrepreneurial spirit, increase innovation, and produce successful new products more quickly |
| − | [[ | + | [[verbal contract]]: an agreement that is oral and not written down. It remains legally enforceable by the parties who have agreed to it. |
| − | [[ | + | [[vertical market]]: a market that is oriented to one particular specialty, for example, plastics manufacturing or transportation engineering |
| − | [[ | + | [[viral marketing]]: the rapid spread of a message about a new product or service in a similar way to the spread of a virus |
| − | [[ | + | [[virtual organization]]: a temporary network of companies, suppliers, customers, or employees, linked by information and communications technologies, with the purpose of delivering a service or product. |
| − | [[ | + | [[vision statement]]: a statement giving a broad, aspirational image of the future that an organization is aiming to achieve. |
| − | [[ | + | [[voting rights]]: the rights that shareholders have to vote on matters affecting a corporation |
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| + | [[vulture capitalist]]: a venture capitalist who structures deals on behalf of an entrepreneur in such a way that the investors benefit rather than the entrepreneur | ||
Revision as of 20:17, 27 May 2010
value added: originally, the difference between the cost of bought-in materials and the eventual selling price of the finished product
value-added tax: a tax added at each stage in the manufacture of a product. It acts as a replacement for a sales tax in almost every industrialized country outside North America.
variable annuity: an annuity whose payments depend either on the success of investments that underlie it, or on the value of the index
variable cost: a cost of production that is directly proportional to the number of units produced
variable interest rate: an interest rate that changes, usually in relation to a standard index, during the period of the loan
venture capital: money used to finance new companies or projects, especially those with high earning potential and high risk.
venture funding: the round of funding for a new company that follows seed funding provided by venture capitalists.
venture management: the collaboration of various sections within an organization to encourage entrepreneurial spirit, increase innovation, and produce successful new products more quickly
verbal contract: an agreement that is oral and not written down. It remains legally enforceable by the parties who have agreed to it.
vertical market: a market that is oriented to one particular specialty, for example, plastics manufacturing or transportation engineering
viral marketing: the rapid spread of a message about a new product or service in a similar way to the spread of a virus
virtual organization: a temporary network of companies, suppliers, customers, or employees, linked by information and communications technologies, with the purpose of delivering a service or product.
vision statement: a statement giving a broad, aspirational image of the future that an organization is aiming to achieve.
voting rights: the rights that shareholders have to vote on matters affecting a corporation
vulture capitalist: a venture capitalist who structures deals on behalf of an entrepreneur in such a way that the investors benefit rather than the entrepreneur
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