Global Business

Insights into the business world from the BBC.

World Service,745 episodes

Episodes

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Red Hook Brooklyn
Peter Day takes a walk on one street in Brooklyn to see recovery after Hurricane Sandy.
09 Feb 2013,28 mins
The Art of Strategy
Peter Day discusses business strategy with AG Lafley and Roger Martin.
02 Feb 2013,28 mins
Gas Leak
Peter Day examines the Russian energy giant, Gazprom's grip on the European gas market
26 Jan 2013,28 mins
The New Normal
Peter Day asks how businesses are coping in an era of no growth
19 Jan 2013,28 mins
Starting Young
Peter Day follows young entrepreneurs on a graduate scheme to launch their own companies.
12 Jan 2013,28 mins
Sounds Familiar
Peter Day asks whether voice recognition is a technology that has finally come of age?
05 Jan 2013,28 mins
2013 Look Ahead
Peter Day takes a look at the trends we'll be hearing about in 2013.
29 Dec 2012,28 mins
The Business of Kindness
Peter Day finds out how random acts of kindness can help businesses in surprising ways.
22 Dec 2012,28 mins
Strong Medicine
Peter Day visits two Swiss pharmaceutical companies to look at the future drug development
15 Dec 2012,28 mins
Turkey - Episode 2
Peter Day with the second of his reports from Turkey.
08 Dec 2012,28 mins
Turkey - Episode 1
Peter Day reports on Turkey’s economic boom.
01 Dec 2012,28 mins
Brooklyn Start-Ups
Peter Day asks if Brooklyn's artisan start-ups can revive the New York borough’s industry.
24 Nov 2012,28 mins
Start Up City
Peter Day reports from Berlin - a city developing into a successful high-tech hub.
17 Nov 2012,28 mins
Silicon Somewheres
Peter Day asks how you create a successful high technology hub.
10 Nov 2012,28 mins
The Innovator's Dilemma
Peter Day talks with the celebrated business thinker Clayton Christensen.
03 Nov 2012,28 mins
School for Entrepreneurs
Peter Day talks to the US enterprise teaching young school students to be entrepreneurs
27 Oct 2012,28 mins
Global Fashion: A Family Business
Fashion entrepreneurs explain how to keep your company on top - and your family happy.
20 Oct 2012,28 mins
Business Rethink
Maybe Business needs to rethink its ways. Peter Day meets a few disruptive innovators.
13 Oct 2012,28 mins
Face the Music
Peter Day explores the impossible economics of the concert hall.
06 Oct 2012,28 mins
Iceland (2) – Crisis Refugees
Peter Day is back in Iceland meeting those who are creating an opportunity out of crisis.
29 Sep 2012,28 mins
Iceland - In From the Cold (1)
Peter Day reports from Iceland on its economic recovery from the 2008 banking crisis.
22 Sep 2012,28 mins
Emerging Markets
Peter Day asks three experts about a new wave of companies with global ambitions.
15 Sep 2012,28 mins
Join the Crowd
Peter Day reports on crowdfunding - businesses asking for start-up cash on the internet.
08 Sep 2012,28 mins
New Gateway
Britain is getting a new port close to London. Peter Day looks at the impact it will have.
01 Sep 2012,28 mins
Coal Comfort
Peter Day looks at the insatiable demand for coal and asks if it can ever go green.
25 Aug 2012,28 mins
The Fizz Biz
Peter Day discovers what's bringing out the bubbles in English sparkling wine.
18 Aug 2012,28 mins
Computer Games 2
Peter Day is in discussion with a computer games developer and a games writer.
11 Aug 2012,28 mins
Computer Games 1
Peter Day finds out more about a new wave of computer games businesses.
04 Aug 2012,28 mins
Euro Peril
Peter Day asks how continental European businesses are surviving the euro crisis.
28 Jul 2012,28 mins
Family Entrepreneurs
Peter Day talks to two entrepreneurs who rescued their family businesses from disaster.
21 Jul 2012,28 mins