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Valero Energy Corporation, a worldwide crude oil refining and marketing company, is the largest refiner in North America. The company owns and operates 18 refineries through the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean, with a combined throughput capacity of about 3.3 million barrels per day. Valero is also one of the nation’s largest retail operators with more than 5,000 retail and branded wholesale outlets in U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean.
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Value chain, or value chain analysis, is a business management concept that consists of a chain of activities. Products pass through all the chain of activity in order, each adding some value to the product. The value chain categorizes the generic value-adding activities of an organization. This topic is to discuss how an organization’s value chain can be streamlined to add value to the end customer.
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Value investors excel at sniffing out bargain-priced stocks and bonds. What undervalued assets are these devotees of famed investors Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham finding? What are managers at value-oriented mutual funds like Sequoia, Clipper, Oakmark Select, Third Avenue Value, and Weitz Value buying and selling now?
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The 2010 Vancouver Olympics will be a turning point regarding how communication is managed respective of accredited mainstream news media and unaccredited social media. A planned alternative media center will supply services independent of the IOC to journalists who historically have been shut out of reporting about the Olympics. By 2010, social media will have an economic impact on sponsors, athletes, and local news media. This topic covers all the news related the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
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Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management students leave with a solid education and sense of camaraderie. While many don’t associate Nashville with Wall Street, finance is one of Vanderbilt Owen’s strengths. An emphasis on teamwork and a small-school atmosphere result in close ties among students and a high degree of school loyalty, so it’s not surprising that alumni are willing to help new graduates in their search for jobs.
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Vanguard oversees $1.3 trillion in U.S. mutual funds and is one of the world's largest investment management companies. It’s known for passive investing through low-fee index funds and also oversees a growing amount in actively managed funds. How will this investing behemoth evolve? Will it stay true to its low-fee roots under new CEO F. William McNabb III?
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Vehicle Telematics refers to the use of global positioning system technology integrated with computers and mobile communications technology in automotive navigation systems. Most narrowly, the term has evolved to refer to the use of such systems within road vehicles. This topic covers the latest technological advances in vehicle telematics.
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Venture capital is a type of private equity given to young companies with high growth potential. The most common venture capital investing goes to young Internet start-ups from Silicon Valley to New York.
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VeriSign Inc. is a provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. Its SSL, identity and authentication, and domain name services allow companies and consumers to communicate and purchase in trusted environments. VeriSign’s offerings address billing and payment, clearing and settlement, content delivery, digital brand management, domain name registration, Internet security, mobile delivery, network connectivity and interoperability, and network database interactions.
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Verizon Communications Inc. is an American broadband and telecommunications company. Formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation, Verizon provides communications services that include wired lines, wireless, DSL, and high-speed Internet and TV with its recently launched FIOS service. This topic covers the latest news and information on Verizon.
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Verizon Wireless, the second largest wireless provider in the U.S., took a hit when Apple partnered with AT&T; for the release of the iPhone. This topic covers what Verizon Wireless is doing to remain competitive.
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Vespa, the popular lines of scooters manufactured by Piaggio, is gaining popularity. This topic covers news about the company, and its evolving line of Vespa scooters.
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As our military men and women complete their tours of duty, they are faced with the challenge of finding a job in the “real” world. Veteran job search will track the news and information on how our servicemen are finding new jobs. It will include strategies and resources for veterans to use in their search for jobs in the civilian world.
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The industry surrounding the care of animal is growing at a rapid pace. From treatment of farm animals to everyday pets, the veterinary industry, like the medical industry, consists of the actual caregivers, pharmaceutical companies, equipment manufacturers and more. This topic covers latest news and information regarding the animal health industry.
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Viacom, Inc. operates as an entertainment content company. It is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks movie studios). Currently, Sumner Redstone is chairman of Viacom and, through National Amusements, the majority shareholder.
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The largest subsidiary of Limited Brands (based on sales), Victoria’s Secret is North America’s No. 1 specialty retailer of feminine intimate apparel. It operates some 1,040 Victoria’s Secret and La Senza stores. The brand also sells beauty products. This topic covers the latest news on Victoria’s Secret stores and online/mail divisions.
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As today’s video games continue to reach a broader audience, it’s no wonder the video game industry has grown 57% with total sales reaching $1.7 billion in March from the same period a year ago.
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With the growing popularity of video sites like YouTube and Hulu, more marketers are taking video marketing seriously. There is a misconception, though, that you need to be an expert to succeed at video marketing. In fact, many small businesses have been extremely effective in supplementing their marketing outreach with video. This topic tracks the latest news and information on video marketing, including best practices and advice small business and corporation.
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The developing economy of Vietnam is creating some business interest in the region. Vietnam business tracks the growth and development of Vietnamese economy and business, including discussion on the best industries and outsourcing capabilities in the country.
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Villanova School of Business offers seven undergraduate degrees, seven graduate programs, and an executive MBA program. The school, founded in 1922 and located in Villanova, PA, is also home to the Center for Marketing and Public Policy Research. With a recent $26 million renovation, the addition of a 65,000 square-foot atrium, and a state-of-the-art Applied Finance Lab, VSB offers students an exceptional business learning and technology center.
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Viral marketing uses pre-existing social networks to get word out about particular company or brand. More and more markets are using viral techniques to build their brands. This topic tracks that latest and greatest campaigns.
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Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. (VM) is a wireless communications services provider to some 5 million subscribers across the U.S. Targeting the youth market, the company offers prepaid or pay-as-you-go services as well as content, mobile data, and handsets. Virgin Mobile USA does not maintain its own retail stores. Its products are sold through 140,000 third-party retailers, including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Target. Virgin Mobile’s corporate offices are located in Warren, New Jersey.
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Virtual assistants are independent contractors that offer professional service of remote administrative office and specialized support. While many virtual assistants have administrative backgrounds, they also come from a variety of business backgrounds. Virtual assistants can be key components to the successes of many small and mid-sized businesses.
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Due to the global economy and carbon emission concerns, companies are cutting travel which has created the need for executives, marketers, and meeting planners to rethink these events and look for “virtual” ways to achieve the goals of these events without travel. Virtual events covers broad range of marketing and meeting types, including virtual trade shows, Webinars and Webcasts, Web conferencing, virtual job fairs, and internal and external virtual meetings.
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Excessive traffic congestion on roads and surging infrastructure costs in almost all the major business cities of the world are forcing companies to adopt “virtual office” models. And the current technologies including telepresence, smart handheld devices, mobile Internet, and remote access solutions are available in the market to allow teleworking. This topic is to discuss the factors that will spur or hamper the adoption of virtual office concept.
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Virtual Web servers are a popular way to manage physical servers. Instead of requiring a separate computer for each server, dozens of virtual servers can co-reside on the same computer.
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This topic is about the business of virtual worlds and collaboration spaces. How should you market your business in these spaces? How can you interact with customers on these spaces?
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With changing technology, virtualization is playing new roles, from virtual servers to virtual storage to application virtualization. Virtualization solutions for storage, systems and networks can reduce operational costs and business risks, increase efficiency and enhance business resilience.
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Visa Inc., commonly referred to as VISA, is a multinational corporation based in San Francisco. The company operates the world's largest retail electronic payment network, managing payments among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities. With its global network, Visa. provides secure, convenient, and reliable payment options in 170 countries and territories.
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This topic concerns itself with the growing field of visual effects in film production. Visual effects are those effects inserted into the movie after production. Visual effects are not "special effects" as those are effects done 'live' during shooting or production. CGI, or computer generated images, are also considered visual effects.
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Vodafone Group Plc is the largest mobile telecommunications network in the world, by sales, but trails China Mobile in subscribers. Vodafone, short for voice data fone, has more than 200 million customers and has operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the U.S. Most of Vodafone’s business is in Europe, and it is the wireless leader in the UK and Germany. The company also holds a 45% state in Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. provider.
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Voice of the customer (VOC) is a term used to describe the process of capturing a customer's qualitative experiences and feedback, organizing the content into categories for analysis, and then analyzing and acting on feedback based on relative importance and sentiment. The term has recently gotten additional attention as leading companies have begun using text mining and text analytics to automate the capture and analysis of "voice of the customer" content from the Web, CRM, and survey sources.
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VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is the technology behind carrying voice (and video) over the Internet. While it is now part of mainstream telecommunications, there's still lots of excitement in this space as VoIP moves into the cellular world. New standards, like SIP and IMS, will meld voice, video, web, and chat on a single device. VoIP also means open-standards, which has and will continue to encourage innovative start-ups and a new era of mobile applications.
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Volkswagen is a German manufacturer of automobiles, based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the major component (in volume of sales) of the much larger Volkswagen Group, which as of July 30, 2007, is the world's third largest car producer after Toyota and General Motors, respectively.
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Volvo AB, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells trucks, buses, construction equipment, aircraft engine components, and drive systems worldwide. The Swiss company sells its products and services through owned and independent dealers in more than 180 countries worldwide, mainly in Europe, Asia, and North America. Volvo AB does not own Volvo Cars; the passenger vehicle maker is now owned by Ford Motor Company.
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Vonage is a leading provider of VoIP Internet telephone services, with some 2.5 million subscriber lines in operation. Vonage is popular among consumers and small business clients in the U.S., but also does business in Canada and the UK. This topic covers the latest news and information on Vonage.
