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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 | + | [[unbalanced growth]]: the result when not all sectors of an economy can grow at the same rate. |
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− | [[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. | + | [[unbundling]]: dividing a company into separate constituent companies, often to sell all or some of them after a takeover. |
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− | [[variable annuity]]: an annuity whose payments depend either on the success of investments that underlie it, or on the value of the index | + | [[uncertainty analysis]]: a study designed to assess the extent to which the variability in an outcome variable is caused by uncertainty at the time of estimating the input parameters of the study. |
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− | [[variable cost]]: a cost of production that is directly proportional to the number of units produced | + | [[undervalued]]: used to describe an asset that is available for purchase at a price lower than it is worth. |
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− | [[variable interest rate]]: an interest rate that changes, usually in relation to a standard index, during the period of the loan | + | [[underwrite]]: to assume risk, especially for a new issue or an insurance policy |
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− | [[venture capital]]: money used to finance new companies or projects, especially those with high earning potential and high risk. | + | [[underwriter]]: a person or organization that buys an issue from a corporation and sells it to investors |
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− | [[venture funding]]: the round of funding | + | [[unearned income]]: income received from sources other than employment |
− | for a new company that follows seed funding provided by venture capitalists.
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− | [[venture management]]: the collaboration of various sections within an organization to encourage entrepreneurial spirit, increase innovation, and produce successful new products more quickly | + | [[unit of trade]]: the smallest amount that can be bought or sold of a share of stock, or a contract included in an option |
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− | [[verbal contract]]: an agreement that is oral and not written down. It remains legally enforceable by the parties who have agreed to it. | + | [[unlimited liability]]: full responsibility for the obligations of a general partnership |
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− | [[vertical market]]: a market that is oriented to one particular specialty, for example, plastics manufacturing or transportation engineering | + | [[unsecured debt]]: money borrowed without supplying collateral |
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− | [[viral marketing]]: the rapid spread of a message about a new product or service in a similar way to the spread of a virus | + | [[upsell]]: to sell customers a higher-priced version of a product they have bought previously |
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− | [[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. | + | [[used credit]]: the portion of a line of credit that is no longer available |
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− | [[vision statement]]: a statement giving a broad, aspirational image of the future that an organization is aiming to achieve.
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− | [[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
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