The World of Business

Can We Manage?

04 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day asks leading experts at the Drucker Forum how we can get out of the mess caused by the 2008 financial crisis and whether Capitalism is at br...

In Business: A Tale of Two Sanctions

27 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks to companies affected by economic sanctions imposed against Russia, and by retaliatory sanctions imposed by Russia, and asks how they ...

The Philosophical Business Plan

20 Nov 2014

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As Peter Day has been discovering, business people have much to learn from philosophers – whose insights could even boost a company’s pr...

It's the Little Things

13 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks to the Professor Robert Cialdini, an expert in the scientific study of persuasion, about how little actions can make big differences i...

Sovereign Wealth Funds

06 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

They’re worth a staggering $5 trillion – and growing fast. Should we worry about the power of Sovereign Wealth Funds? Peter Day investigates

Myanmar Challenges

03 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Insights from two home-grown marketing companies into a country emerging after decades of isolation

In Business: Learning to do Business

25 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day meets the local entrepreneurs of the new Myanmar and discovers their priorities and pitfalls of doing business in an emerging economy

In Business: Myanmar Awakening

18 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day travels to Myanmar, formally known as Burma, to find out how the country is trying to emerge from its undeveloped past into the modern inter...

In Business: Which way now for Scottish businesses?

11 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day ask Scottish entrepreneurs whether the referendum debate has changed the business landscape, in the run-up to the vote.

In Business: Thanks for the Memory

04 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The internet creates the possibility of total recall forever for many of life's most significant moments. Peter Day talks to people building businesse...

In Business: Take a Bow

28 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day visits Cremona in northern Italy to see how a centuries old centre of violin making can survive in a fast changing musical world.

Health Technology

15 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Days goes to Silicon Valley to discover the innovations that are promising to transform healthcare. Can the technology companies really help us ...

Inside Silicon Valley

08 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Can Silicon Valley's enormous success as the global centre of innovation continue indefinitely? Peter Day explores the Valley's past and present to f...

In Business: Fast and Furious

07 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day reports on how the influence of UK motor racing is now reaching out into other businesses and our everyday lives inspired by the dramatic ex...

Silicon Valley: Steve Blank

01 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In the first in a three-part series about and from Silicon Valley, Peter Day talks to Steve Blank about a career path that has spanned several decades...

In Business: Philosophy

31 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks to business people who are being inspired by the great philosophers and finds out what company leaders can learn from their ideas and ...

Companies and Innovation

27 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks with two authors, the business guru Lynda Gratton and the innovation expert Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg, about the benefits innovation c...

What does the future hold for the African economy?

20 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks to Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank about the key issues facing the continent, which has some of the world’...

Global Biz: The Clash of Generations

06 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day hears from some of the leaders of tomorrow at the 44th St Gallen Symposium.

Global Biz: Packaging in a Pickle

30 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Modern living generates increasing amounts of packaging to wrap up the things we buy. That generates widespread criticism of an industry. Peter Day in...

Raghuram Rajan

23 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks to Raghuram Rajan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

In Business: Packaging in a Pickle

22 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Modern living generates increasing amounts of packaging to wrap up the things we buy. That generates widespread criticism of an industry. Peter Day in...

Sharing Economy 2: Rachel Botsman

16 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Botsman is a guru on the sharing economy. She coined the phrase ‘collaborative consumption’ and is the author of the influential book ‘Wh...

In Business: Price Conscious

15 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Manufacturers were banned by law from fixing retail prices 50 years ago, ushering in a revolution in British retailing. So what do prices mean now? Pe...

In Business: The Sharing Economy

08 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Sharing your neighbour's car, tools and clothes: the sharing economy. But existing regulations and laws are set up for hotels and car hire companies, ...

In Business: Battery Matters

01 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

What are businesses doing to reinvent the battery?

Korea Change: The end of the South Korea model?

24 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

South Korea has gone through a huge transformation in the last sixty years. But as Peter Day reports it may be time for this driven country to change ...

In Business: Has the book a future?

17 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Amidst mergers, ebooks, and self-publishing the book business is in the throes of upheaval. From the London Book Fair Peter Day asks: Can books surviv...

Engineers in the City

11 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day looks at some of the big challenges facing cities around the world through the eyes of the people who tackle these problems for a living: en...

In Stradivari's footsteps

05 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Cremona in northern Italy is the home of the Stradivarius violin and 280 years after the death of the venerated violin maker, Antonio Stradivari , th...

In Business: The New Manufacturing

03 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day reports from Britain's former steel capital, Sheffield, on what it takes for a manufacturing firm to survive and prosper in an intensely glo...

Business in the Veneto

29 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day reports from the Veneto region of Italy, where family owned businesses reach out to the rest of the world despite the economic turmoil at ho...

Creative Economy

22 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

John Howkins – Peter Day talks with John Howkins, an expert on the creative economy about how knowledge based industries are changing the way we liv...

Ambitious Korea

15 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

South Korea has rapidly become one of the most advanced internet connected nations in the world, with the fastest connections. It is now thinking hard...

Korea Change

08 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Sixty years ago post war South Korea was one of the poorest nations on earth. Now it's one of the richest, and also one of the hardest working. Korean...

In Business: Cork

23 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day travels to Cork in Ireland to find out what life is really like in a country just recently realised from the constraints of an EU bailout.

In Business: Cyber Town Malvern

16 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The small spa town of Malvern is rapidly becoming a hub of science and innovation in the 21st century fight against cyber crime. Peter Day visits the ...

In Business: Stitch in Time

09 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day asks how serious an option manufacturing in the UK is for the British fashion industry as retailers demand ever faster response times and co...

In Business: The Music Industry

02 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day investigates how much the music industry has changed in the past decade and asks how businesses, and musicians, have had to adapt as a resul...

Global Look Ahead 2014

28 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks with three experts in their fields about the trends that will be affecting our lives in 2014.

In Business: Panto

19 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Pantomime time means weeks of lots of bums on seats for hardpressed theatres across the country. Peter Day goes behind the scenes in Nottingham.

Workplace Revolution

14 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day asks why office design has lagged behind the digital revolution and whether the days of the regular commute are finally drawing to a close.

In Business: Disability at Work

12 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Employers are now ultra sensitive to discrimination at work, but what does that mean for people with disabilities and the people they work with? Peter...

Entrepreneur of the Year, Part 2

07 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Stories of business struggle and success – Peter Day interviews four country winners at the World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Monte Carlo.

In Business: Longevity War Game

05 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The rich people of Newcastle live 11 more healthy years than the poor. Peter Day spends time at Newcastle University where they are trying to work out...

Water

30 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day learns more about global trends affecting one of the world's most precious resources: water.

Mass Made to Order

23 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day hears from Joe Pine about how his theory of mass customisation has developed and why many business still have to learn about what their cust...

Brand China

16 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Huawei, Shang Xia and Xiaomi may not be names you have heard of but they are examples of brands at the heart of key changes in the Chinese economy. Pe...

Smashed Fridges and Catfish: The Story of Haier

09 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Zhang Ruimin transformed Haier from failing fridge manufacturer to one of the largest white goods companies in the world. He tells Peter Day how.

The Tale of Two Chinas

02 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The music from Chairman Mao’s era and the sound of posh coffee being brewed are two very different ways to start the day in China. Peter Day explore...

The Entrepreneurial State

04 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks to the author and economist Mariana Mazzucato who argues that the state has a huge part to play in bringing new goods and services to ...

China's Economic Crossroads

26 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Chinese government plans to have 200 million graduates by 2020. But cracks in the plan are being shown by the class of 2013. Peter Day asks why th...

Survivors' Stories

19 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In Peter Day's 25 years of presenting this programme, he has seen a succession of booms and busts, and heard from people who seem to know how to survi...

The Internet of Things

12 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Techies are talking about the coming Internet of Things: 50 billion interconnected objects, from cars to coffee machines. Peter Day asks what it means...

The Road to Zambezi Street (2/2)

06 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Zambia has the potential to serve as a trade hub at the crossroads of southern Africa, but for now some truck drivers have to wait days to cross the b...

Civilian Drones

05 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day investigates the business use of what some call, with a shiver, drones. Could an unmanned aerial vehicle be delivering your pizza in the not...

The Road to Zambezi Street (1/2)

30 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Zambia is poised on the brink of success – so what key problems are holding the African nation back? Peter Day reports.

Kit of Life

29 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

How come soft drinks can often be found in some of the most remote places in the world, but vital medicines are in short supply? Peter Day reports on ...

Design Thinking

22 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day finds out about the concept of 'design thinking' and how designers are moving out of the lab and into the real world in some very unusual wa...

Regenerating Margate

15 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day explores the relationship between Commerce and Art in the seaside town of Margate. Will Turner Contemporary help to revive the town?

Sir Ian Wood

09 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks to Scottish businessman, Sir Ian Wood, who tells us his fascinating story of transforming the family firm from a fishing company to a ...

Gene Patenting

08 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A recent US Supreme Court ruling found that companies cannot patent things found in nature. Peter Day asks what this means for the biotech business.

North Sea Oil

01 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day reports from Aberdeen where Britain's energy revolution began under the North Sea almost 40 years ago. Investment is up but production is do...

Kenya's tech hopes

26 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Kenyan government has big plans to boost the country’s technology sector. Peter Day asks if they are feasible – and if will they deliver the g...

Mobile Money in Kenya

19 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day visits Nairobi’s high-tech incubators and talks to the innovators building on the success of the mobile money system M-Pesa.

Entrepreneur of the Year

12 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards brings together innovative talent from around the world. Peter Day talks to three of this year's winners to...

Paul Omerod

05 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks with economist and author Paul Ormerod about what is wrong with economics. Has keeping things too simple lead the world to the financi...

Designs For Life

28 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day explores the new trend of Design Thinking to find out why it is becoming more important to the way organisations both public and private fun...

Breakthrough Designs

21 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day visits the Design of the Year Awards in London and finds how modern design is infiltrating many aspects of the way we live and work.

St Gallen

07 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day attends the 43 annual St Gallen Symposium - a student organised gathering of business and political leaders - to hear about this year's them...

3D Printing/New Dimensions

31 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day hears from the pioneers of the rapidly-advancing world of digital manufacturing

Strike up the Broadband

24 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The internet is fast becoming as important to firms as electricity or running water. Peter Day meets some of the broadband haves and have-nots in the ...

Vorsprung durch Technik or Universitat?

23 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Experts worry that Germany's economy is running out of steam. Where is German innovation, they ask and why do so few Germany universities rank among t...

New Dimensions

16 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Manufacturing is evolving for the 21st century. Peter Day hears from some pioneers in the field of digital fabrication about how it applies to the way...

Feeding the Nine Billion

10 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day asks a panel of experts how we ensure there is enough food to feed an expected world population of nine billion by 2050.

Job Search

02 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Millions of young people want to work but do not know where to find it. A clutch of them tell their stories to Peter Day, and a panel of experts.

Potash of Gold

25 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day reports on controversial plans to dig for polyhalite - a type of potash that can be made into valuable fertiliser - underneath the North Yor...

Skoll World Forum: Disrupting Big Finance

19 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day presents a debate about disrupting big finance at the annual Skoll World Forum.

Battle of the Business Schools

12 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day examines the rivalry between two Boston business schools - Harvard and MIT.

The Sick Note

11 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

From next year a government-backed scheme will try to help ill people get back to work as quickly as possible. Peter Day finds out what's behind the c...

Productivity Puzzle

04 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The UK economy is in a quandry: employment is rising but the productivity of its workforce is not. Behind the numbers, Peter Day tries to explain this...

Race Against the Machine

30 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks with the authors of the book Race Against the Machine and finds out what the rise of the robots is going to mean to all of our lives.

Mahindra&Mahindra

23 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks to Anand Mahindra, the CEO of Indian group of companies Mahindra&Mahindra, about how M&M's story mirrors that of modern India,...

India Identity

16 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

India is attempting to give each citizen get an individual identity. It’s the world’s largest technological project. Peter Day investigates.

India Economy

09 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Indian economy, once one of the world’s fastest growing, is stalling. This week’s Global Business examines the implications for the world’s...

Ageing in Japan

02 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Japan is the fastest ageing country in the world. As Peter Day reports, this is putting a big strain on the country’s finances. Will the Japanese ha...

Growing Old

23 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

As baby boomers turn 65, many countries are growing old. As Peter Day reports, this means big changes for the economy, healthcare, and our way of life...

Jeremy Grantham

16 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks with the prominent investment manager Jeremy Grantham about managing progress in a world of finite resources.

Red Hook Brooklyn

09 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day takes a walk through one street in Red Hook Brooklyn to find out how the community is recovering from the devastating effects of Hurricane S...

The Art of Strategy

02 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks about business strategy with the former head of Proctor and Gamble, AG Lafley, and Dean of the Rotman School of Management, Roger Mart...

The New Normal

19 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day travels to the British Midlands, the country's manufacturing heartland, to find out how businesses are coping with the New Normal, an econom...

Gas Leak

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Russia's giant energy company Gazprom has the biggest reserves of natural gas in the world, and much of the country's new-found prosperity has depende...

Starting Young

10 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Leave college, start a business. That is the idea behind a high-powered new project called Entrepreneur First, taking 30 new graduates through the haz...

Sounds Familiar

03 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

After years of promise, voice recognition is at last becoming a significant method of using computers and accessing the Internet. Why now, and what di...

2013 Look Ahead

29 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day talks to three experts from the field of trends, technology and leadership to find out what we will be hearing about in 2013.

The Business of Kindness

27 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Random acts of kindness can help businesses grow in surprising ways. Peter Day talks with one woman who explains how the generosity of others has made...

The Business of Kindness

22 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Random acts of kindness can help businesses grow in surprising ways. Peter Day talks with one woman who explains how the generosity of others has made...

Can The Co-op Cope?

20 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Britain's venerable Cooperative movement is 168 years old, and now it is poised to turn itself into a major force in banking. But what is the Co-op's ...

Strong Medicine

15 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Big problems loom over the pharmaceutical industry which influences so many people's lives. Giant corporations are beset by scandal and their pipeline...

Strike up the broadband

13 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Day visits businesses struggling with slow web speeds and evaluates the government's ambitious targets to increase internet speeds across the UK...