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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 | + | [[qualification payment]]: an additional payment sometimes made to employees of New Zealand companies, who have gained an academic qualification relevant to their jobs. |
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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. | + | [[qualified lead]]: a sales prospect whose potential value has been carefully evaluated through research |
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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
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| − | [[variable cost]]: a cost of production that is directly proportional to the number of units produced
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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
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| − | [[venture capital]]: money used to finance new companies or projects, especially those with high earning potential and high risk.
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| − | [[venture funding]]: the round of funding
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| − | 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
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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.
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| − | [[vertical market]]: a market that is oriented to one particular specialty, for example, plastics manufacturing or transportation engineering
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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
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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.
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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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