Global Business

Insights into the business world from the BBC.

World Service,745 episodes

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Oil - Are We About to Run On Empty?
The search of oil and the discovery that oil supplies could soon begin to run out
01 Jun 2004,26 mins
China - How 'Mr China' Lost And Made His Fortune
A series of programmes from China and a look at its economic boom
28 May 2004,26 mins
China - From Old To New
Part of a series of programmes on China's economic growth
20 May 2004,26 mins
China - A Global Brand
Part of a series of programmes looking at China's dramatic economic growth
14 May 2004,25 mins
China - A Construction Binge
A series of programmes on the extraordinary economic boom of China
07 May 2004,26 mins
Europe Opens Its Doors
Next month Europe will open the doors to 80 million more, with huge business implications
30 Apr 2004,26 mins
The Dollar
The roller coaster markets where currency is traded and those who speculate on them
23 Apr 2004,26 mins
London - The Superbug Capital Of The World
A visit to St Thomas' Hospital in London, which has dubbed the world's superbug capital
17 Apr 2004,22 mins
Nanonscience - Not Such Tiny Profits
Nanoscience, and those that think that one day this tiny science will become big business
16 Apr 2004,26 mins
The Local Heroes Thinking Big Business
The end of localisation and the march of globalisation
09 Apr 2004,26 mins
The Baltics And The EU - Part Two
Second in a series looking at the three Baltic nations about to join the EU
02 Apr 2004,25 mins
What Will The Baltics Bring To The EU?
The hopes and fears of the three Baltic countries about to join the European Union
26 Mar 2004,25 mins
You've Got Spam
A look at the curse of spam
27 Feb 2004,26 mins
Does Life Coaching Work?
The money to be made from life coaching, a way to learn about life 'the right way'
20 Feb 2004,25 mins
India's Own Space Race
A look at India's space technology and satellite industry
13 Feb 2004,25 mins
On A Fast Boat To China
The economic rise of Asia, and a look at the freight market in China
06 Feb 2004,26 mins
What's Next For Sri Lanka Textile Industry?
A look at Sri Lanka's textile industry and how a trade quota agreement is threatening it
29 Jan 2004,25 mins
Could The End Of The MFA Claim Millions Of Jobs?
How the end of the multi fibre arrangement could lead to mass unemployment
23 Jan 2004,26 mins
Sri Lanka - Looking To The Future
How Sri Lanka is coping with the waves of global change
16 Jan 2004,25 mins
The Colour Of Business
The use of colour and how it now drives business
09 Jan 2004,25 mins
Rand Miller And The World Of Uru
An interview with Rand Miller, co-creator of the computer game Uru
05 Jan 2004,25 mins
Keeping It In The Family Firm
Examining the institution of the family firm
26 Dec 2003,25 mins
My View Of The Future - Freeman Dyson
The advocates of futurist thinking and how their thinking collides with previous theories
19 Dec 2003,25 mins
Re-Imagining Business With Tom Peters
A look at the insatiable appetite for self help books among business executives
12 Dec 2003,25 mins
Paraguay - Coming Clean
A report on stamping out corruption in Paraguay
14 Nov 2003,26 mins
Commercial Success In Germany
A look at German business through the eyes of one of its advertising executives
05 Nov 2003,26 mins
Meeting Germany's Next Economic Challenge
Germany's need to adopt economic reform, 15 years after the Berlin Wall came down
31 Oct 2003,25 mins
Nanotechnology - From Tiny Beginnings
A series on 'big thinking', this week Ralph Merkle talks about nano technology
23 Oct 2003,26 mins
The Largest Ever Liner Is Born - Queen Mary II
A report on the start of construction of the largest ever liner, the Queen Mary II
17 Oct 2003,25 mins
Why Monopolies Are Not All Bad
Part of a series in a programme on 'big thinking', this week economist Brian Arthur
03 Oct 2003,25 mins