The World of Business
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Bad Company
11 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Business leaders make a lot of fuss about corporate governance, but the scandals keep on coming. Peter Day asks what's wrong with the way companies ar...
New Dimensions for Manufacturing (1)
05 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
3D printing may be poised to revolutionise the manufacturing industry. Peter Day asks if 100 years of mass production is running out of steam. Produce...
Bitter Pill
04 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is closing most of its giant research facility at Sandwich in Kent, the place where Viagra was developed, putting two ...
Europe on the Edge
29 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Global Business, Peter Day reports on the continuing crisis in the Eurozone. Whilst countries like Ireland, Greece and Spain are su...
New Dimension
28 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Three-D printing may be poised to revolutionise the manufacturing industry. Peter Day asks if 100 years of mass production is running out of steam. P...
Banking on a Crisis
22 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Rhodes has worked with senior business leaders, statesmen, and strongmen and brokered immense financial deals while looking across the table at f...
Europe on the Edge
21 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Euro crisis in Greece is creating effects that can be felt across the continent. Peter Day finds out how this turbulence is affecting businesses i...
UpStart Stories
15 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day hears the success stories of internet entrepreneurs Brent Hobermann, Reid Hofman and Michael and Xochi Birch, founders of Lastminute.com, Li...
Take a Copy
08 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Intellectual property sounds an innocuous enough idea, but patents and copyright have recently been stirring up a lot of strife. Peter Day finds out w...
Made In India
01 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day is in Bangalore sixteen years after he first visited the city. He catches up with some of the people he met then, and discusses the changes...
Club of Rome: Not Built in One Day
24 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Global Business, Peter Day is in St. Gallen, Switzerland where he hears from Dr. Eberhard Von Koerber, co-president of The Club of Rome...
The Trouble with Capitalism
17 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of the credit crunch people are thinking about the way banks work, the way financial markets operate, and the values and purposes of ...
Watch Your Language
10 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
There is no reason why the words used in corporate communications should be pompous and jargon-ridden but that is how it often turns out to be. Peter ...
The Essential Advantage
03 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Leinwand and Cesare Meinardi talk to Peter Day about their book - The Essential Advantage. It is an interesting thesis about core competence an...
Continental Drift
26 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
As the sovereign debt crisis continues what next for the Euro? What next for Europe? Peter Day asks the experts. Producer: Sandra Kanthal Editor: Ste...
For Your Information
20 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Information seems to be moving right to the heart of the 21st century economy but nobody really knows what it is or how it works. Peter Day talks to p...
Take a Copy
19 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Intellectual property sounds an innocuous enough idea, but patents and copyright have recently been stirring up a lot of strife. Peter Day finds out w...
Quick on the Draw
13 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In an age of high technology communications, two long-established companies in a single German city are still battling each other for supremacy in a g...
Watch Your Language
12 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
There is no reason why the words used in corporate communications should be pompous and jargon-ridden but that is how it often turns out to be. Peter ...
Watch This Space
06 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
America’s space effort faces big upheavals as President Obama reigns in government spending and NASA is told to work in partnership with private ent...
Keep it Local
05 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
As pubs struggle to survive, Peter Day travels through villages in Yorkshire and Cumbria to talk to local activists and find out how easy it is to buy...
Managing China: 30 Apr
29 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Charles-Edouard Bouée from strategy consultants Roland Berger tells Peter Day how Chinese management philosophy is quite different to that in the Wes...
For Your Information
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Information seems to be moving right to the heart of the 21st century economy but nobody really knows what it is or how it works. Peter Day talks to p...
Growing Rich in China
22 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day is back in China to hear from some of the newcomers making a splash on the Chinese business scene. Producer: Julie Ball Editor: Stephen Chil...
Watch This Space
21 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
America's space effort faces big upheavals as President Obama reigns in government spending and NASA is told to work in partnership with private enter...
Over a Barrel (part 2)
15 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day continues his look at the future of the world energy industry. And in this programme he hears more from three prominent figures in the oil ...
Quick On The Draw
14 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In an age of high technology communications, two long-established companies in a single German city are still battling each other for supremacy in ...
Over a Barrel (part 1)
08 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Turmoil across the Middle East sent oil prices jumping and has raised big questions about the security of the energy supplies that have powered the wo...
New Bric On The Block
07 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Brazil, Russia, Indonesia and China are the BRICs - the developing countries experts think are well on their way to the top of the world's economic le...
Thinking about Thinking
01 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day has his 'thinking hat' on for this edition when he hears from two academics from the Rotman School of Management in Toronto, Canada. Produce...
Over a Barrel
31 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Turmoil across the Middle East sent oil prices jumping and has raised big questions about the security of the energy supplies that have powered the wo...
Two Women
21 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Investment bankers are talking up Indonesia's chances of joining the BRICs nations. Indonesia's current main international significance is its export...
Here Comes Indonesia
14 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Brazil, Russia, India and China are the developing countries many experts think are well on their way to the top of the global economic league table B...
Brown by Name, Green by Nature
07 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day hears from Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, about his new book "World on the Edge - How to prevent environmental and e...
Luxury Brands
28 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
New places are leaping to prominence in the pampered world of luxury. Peter Day hears from some of the people behind the extraordinary hunger for luxu...
All at Sea
21 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
It's a long time since Britain ruled the maritime world, but ocean transport is still a vital activity in the UK and now wind and water power are maki...
Operation Robot
14 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The revolution in the operating theatre is only just beginning, but robotic surgery could change the way we think about healthcare ... and the way sur...
Non Consuming Passion
07 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day hears from Chandran Nair, Management Consultant and Founder of The Global Institute for Tomorrow. Author of a book called 'Consumptionomics:...
Off to Market
31 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Global Business, Peter Day continues his reports from China this week looking at the country’s economic development …and what may hap...
Power Play
24 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day makes a return visit to BYD in Shenzhen, in the Pearl River Delta to meet it’s founder, Wang Chuanfu the man with big ambitions to be the...
A New Capitalism
20 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
One of the world's most influential business professors thinks it is time for companies completely to redefine their relationship with society. Prof M...
China's Dispossessed
17 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a short series of programmes, Peter Day reports from China. This week - the dispossessed. In the past 30 years China’s grea...
All At Sea
13 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
It is a long time since Britain ruled the maritime world, and North Sea oil has peaked. But ocean transport is still a vital UK activity and wind and ...
Bitter Pills
10 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Britain's pharmaceutical giants invest millions in the search for better cures but has it worked? Producer: Sandra Kanthal Editor: Stephen Chilcott
China Dispossessed
06 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The vast national urbanisation plan to take Chinese people out of poverty leaves behind many who are dispossessed of land and homes, or see their farm...
Back on the Road
30 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The United States auto industry has just limped through the biggest industrial car crash in history. The Ford Motor Company has an industry outsider, ...
Michael Porter
27 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day hears a challenge to capitalism from one of the most influential business thinkers in the world. Producer: Richard Berenger Editor: Stephen ...
Mark Anderson
23 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Anderson takes a look ahead at 10 of the key things he thinks will prove to be significant over the coming 12 months. Producer: Richard Berenger ...
Asia Bling
23 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
New places are leaping to prominence in the pampered world of luxury. Peter Day hears from some of the people behind the extraordinary hunger for luxu...
Dame Barbara Stocking
20 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day hears from the Chief Executive of Oxfam, Dame Barbara Stocking. Producer: Richard Berenger Editor: Stephen Chilcott
Euro on the Rocks?
15 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
As the Euroland crisis spreads from one country to another, In Business joins forces with The Report to examine what's happening and why it matters. T...
Not for Profits
13 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Why are they no really large not for profit organisations? Peter Day hears why from two Harvard Business School professors: Allen Grossman and Rober...
Bitter Pills
09 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Britain's pharmaceutical companies have invested hundreds of millions of pounds in a search for new drugs and treatments which has not delivered the b...
Chinese Hare, Indian Tortoise?
06 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day asks two expert witnesses to compare the two countries vying for the position of number one in the world economy: India and China. Is it a r...
Operation Robot
02 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The revolution in the operating theatre is only just beginning, but robotic surgery could change the way we think about healthcare ... and the way sur...
Growing Pains
29 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In the middle of a recession renewed economic growth is always considered the great panacea that will get us out of the mess we are in. However, is th...
Growing Pains
25 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In the middle of a recession renewed economic growth is always considered the great panacea that will get us out of the mess we are in. However, is th...
Singapore Start-ups
15 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Singapore government is dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship. Peter Day takes a close look. Producers: Richard Berenger and Neil Koenig Editor...
Aamir Khan
08 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Day hears about one of the world’s most buoyant movie industries from a someone right in the thick of it. Producer: Richard Berenger Editor: ...
Crystal Lagoons
01 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us will pay a premium to live by water – whether it’s the sea, a river or a lake. It’s well known amongst property developers but Chilea...
Are CEO's up to the job? (part 2)
26 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In this programme Peter Day continues his investigation in to what makes a good chief executive. Leading an organisation is not an easy thing to do. ...
Are CEO's up to the job?
19 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Global Business asks: are chief executives really up to the job in our top companies? Peter Day shines the spotlight on these much praised and vilifie...
Small World
05 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Outsourcing used to be something only big companies did to save money. Now small firms are learning how they can become global organisations from day ...
Innovation
28 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
How do companies generate new ideas turn them into products? Peter Day hears from Professor Vijay Govindarajan. Professor Govindarajan tells him why e...
Power Play
21 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Huge hopes (and vast sums of money) are being pinned on the so-called Intelligent Grid: a new network of electricity systems feeding information about...
After The Crunch
16 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
... comes what? Double dip or W-shaped recovery? Or something much more uncertain? Peter Day reports from the front line of indutsry. Producer: Sandra...
Hidden Depths
14 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a submersible vessel that flies through the deepest ocean like a plane. Peter Day reports from hi...
Chips off the old Block
09 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time, British computing led the world. In a mobile world, some people think it might be happening again. From Bletchley Park to Bristol,...
It's Only a Game
07 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The story of the video company Ubisoft is pretty compelling ... five brothers in a small town in Brittany in the west of France rescued their parents’...
Hidden Depths
02 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a submersible vessel that flies through the deepest ocean like a plane. Peter Day reports from hi...