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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 
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[[unbalanced growth]]: the result when not all sectors of an economy can grow at the same rate.
  
[[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. 
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[[unbundling]]: dividing a company into separate constituent companies, often to sell all or some of them after a takeover.
  
[[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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[[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.
  
[[variable cost]]: a cost of production that is directly proportional to the number of units produced 
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[[undervalued]]: used to describe an asset that is available for purchase at a price lower than it is worth.
  
[[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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[[underwrite]]: to assume risk, especially for a new issue or an insurance policy
  
[[venture capital]]: money used to finance new companies or projects, especially those with high earning potential and high risk. 
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[[underwriter]]: a person or organization that buys an issue from a corporation and sells it to investors
  
[[venture funding]]: the round of funding
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[[unearned income]]: income received from sources other than employment
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 
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[[unit of trade]]: the smallest amount that can be bought or sold of a share of stock, or a contract included in an option
  
[[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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[[unlimited liability]]: full responsibility for the obligations of a general partnership
  
[[vertical market]]: a market that is oriented to one particular specialty, for example, plastics manufacturing or transportation engineering 
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[[unsecured debt]]: money borrowed without supplying collateral
  
[[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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[[upsell]]: to sell customers a higher-priced version of a product they have bought previously
  
[[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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[[used credit]]: the portion of a line of credit that is no longer available
 
 
[[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
 

Revision as of 20:56, 27 May 2010

unbalanced growth: the result when not all sectors of an economy can grow at the same rate.

unbundling: dividing a company into separate constituent companies, often to sell all or some of them after a takeover.

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.

undervalued: used to describe an asset that is available for purchase at a price lower than it is worth.

underwrite: to assume risk, especially for a new issue or an insurance policy

underwriter: a person or organization that buys an issue from a corporation and sells it to investors

unearned income: income received from sources other than employment

unit of trade: the smallest amount that can be bought or sold of a share of stock, or a contract included in an option

unlimited liability: full responsibility for the obligations of a general partnership

unsecured debt: money borrowed without supplying collateral

upsell: to sell customers a higher-priced version of a product they have bought previously

used credit: the portion of a line of credit that is no longer available

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