Global Business

Insights into the business world from the BBC.

World Service,745 episodes

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The 'Taxi' Jet Challenge
The personal jet plane and its place in the business world
02 Oct 2003,26 mins
Digital Storage
What happens when the means of storing digital data becomes outdated?
26 Sep 2003,25 mins
Word Of Mouse - How Gossiping Went Viral
How gossip has become big business, thanks to the internet
19 Sep 2003,26 mins
Our Economy Now
What leading experts believe will shape our lives in the months and years to come
11 Sep 2003,26 mins
Russian - Making A Million
Russia's millionaires talk about running a business within a transitioning economy
04 Sep 2003,26 mins
Russia - Life Outside Moscow
A look at how different life in Russia is for those living outside the capital Moscow
29 Aug 2003,26 mins
Russia - Five Years On
A report on the business landscape in Russia, five years on from economic crisis
18 Aug 2003,26 mins
Niall Ferguson On The Post Inflation Era
Niall Ferguson gives his insights on the likely impact of the US interest rate spike
15 Aug 2003,26 mins
How Radio Is Adapting To The Digital Age
A report on the growth of digital radio, Washington DC style
08 Aug 2003,26 mins
Microfinance And How It Could Help The Poor
A report from Uganda on microfinance, which involves lending working capital to the poor
01 Aug 2003,26 mins
Metcalfe's Law - And What It Can Teach Us
Bob Metcalfe explains how Melcalfe's Law came about and what it means
18 Jul 2003,27 mins
Machiavellian Tactics And The Art Of War
Can business learn anything from historical figures?
11 Jul 2003,26 mins
Ending Bribery And Corruption In Business
Attempts to prevent corruption and bribery in the globalised business world
04 Jul 2003,26 mins
The Store Selling The Future
A German supermarket that acts as a future laboratory for new technology
01 Jul 2003,28 mins
How To Fix Capitalism
A look at whether it is time to think about new ways of doing things beyond capitalism
27 Jun 2003,26 mins
Enron - The Inside Story
A report on the Enron scandal and its aftermath
20 Jun 2003,26 mins
Christopher Mayer On The New Uncertainty
A report from St. Gallen Symposium where business leaders discuss uncertainty
13 Jun 2003,26 mins
St. Gallen - Leaders Of Tomorrow
The St. Gallen Symposium, a conference which sheds light on problems businesses are facing
06 Jun 2003,26 mins
Gordon Moore On Moore's Law
Gordon Moore of Intel talks about the past, present and future of computing
02 Jun 2003,26 mins
The Taste Makers
A report on the people and companies who make the flavours in our food and drink
23 May 2003,25 mins
Risky Business
The impact of political conflict on business, which hates uncertainty
18 May 2003,26 mins
Music Copyright And The Internet
How the internet is revolutionising the music industry and the challenges of monitoring it
16 May 2003,26 mins
Turkey At The Crossroads
The Turkish economy and what it's like to do business in a crisis
02 May 2003,26 mins
Aftermath of the Venezuelan Oil Strike
How striking oil workers are attempting to bring down the Venezuelan president
28 Apr 2003,26 mins
Turkey After The Iraq War
A report on the Turkish economy following the Iraq war
25 Apr 2003,26 mins
Rebuilding Iraq
The battle to re-build Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein's government
12 Apr 2003,26 mins
Too Much Stuff - Not Enough Profit
How large companies are struggling to make a profit in world where there is too much
16 Mar 2003,25 mins
The Business of Adult Entertainment
A report on the business of pornography and adult entertainment
28 Feb 2003,26 mins
Manufacturing Legends - The Band Of Angels
A report on Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest seed-funding organisation
21 Feb 2003,26 mins
Argentina's Economic Boost
How an end to the link between the peso and the US dollar is helping the Argentine economy
07 Feb 2003,26 mins