Update or Discount Rate Concept The update rate concept (also known as discount rate) is associated to the companies’ appreciation, of business and investment projects, being the rate applied to the future income or cash-flows as a way to obtain its current value. Being indifferently used as update rate of future incomes or as capitalization […]

Utilitarian Model (Ethic) Concept: Utilitarian model is an ethic model for decision taking that tries to evaluate the effect of certain…

V-Matrix Concept: V-Matrix, developed by Patrick McNamme, from University of Ulster, is used to evaluate the company’s strategies success…

Value Chain Concept Value chain is a model developed by Michael E. porter and that represents a group of activities developed by a company and go from investigation and development to after-sales service. This model forms an essential instrument to analyze competitive advantages of the company and to help find ways to intensify those competitive […]

The expression Value Engineering designates a systematic process of product analysis, service or project, centered on a (…)

Variable Costs Concept: Variable costs are the costs of an entity that vary directly with its activity volume. For example, costs…

Vertical Integration Concept: Vertical integration refers to the control level that a certain company has over its production factors…

Viability Analyses Concept Viability Analyses consists in a technical study of financial nature that seeks to determinate the possibilities of economical and financial success of a certain project, being an investment project, the release of a new product, the entry on a new market or an organizational restructuring project. Through this study are made predictions […]

Viral Marketing Concept: Viral Marketing (or viral publicity) corresponds to a marketing technique that explores technologies…

Vroom and Yetton Decisional Model Concept: Vroom and Yetton decisional model was created with the intent to help decide when and in…