Peter Day's World of Business
Insights into the business world with Peter Day - featuring content from his Radio 4 In Business programme, and also Global Business from the BBC World Service.
Updated: weekly
Episodes available for: Indefinitely
- 23 May 13MB
InBiz: Vorsprung durch Technik or Universitat? 23 May 2013
Experts worry that Germany's economy is running out of steam. Where is German innovation, they ask and why do so few…
Duration: 28 mins
- 16 May 13MB
InBiz: New Dimensions 16 May 2013
Manufacturing is evolving for the 21st century. Peter Day hears from some pioneers in the field of digital fabrication…
Duration: 28 mins
- 11 May 13MB
GlobalBiz: Feeding the Nine Billion 11 May 2013
Peter Day asks a panel of experts how we ensure there is enough food to feed an expected world population of nine…
Duration: 27 mins
- 02 May 13MB
InBiz: Job Search 2 May 2013
Millions of young people want to work but do not know where to find it. A clutch of them tell their stories to Peter…
Duration: 29 mins
- 25 Apr 13MB
InBiz: Potash of Gold 25 April 2013
Peter Day reports on controversial plans to dig for polyhalite - a type of potash that can be made into valuable…
Duration: 28 mins
- 20 Apr 13MB
GlobalBiz: Skoll World Forum: Disrupting Big Finance 20 April 2013
Peter Day presents a debate about disrupting big finance at the annual Skoll World Forum.
Duration: 27 mins
- 13 Apr 13MB
GlobalBiz: Battle of the Business Schools 13 April 2013
Peter Day examines the rivalry between two Boston business schools - Harvard and MIT.
Duration: 27 mins
- 11 Apr 13MB
InBiz: The Sick Note 11 April 2013
From next year a government-backed scheme will try to help ill people get back to work as quickly as possible. Peter Day…
Duration: 28 mins
- 04 Apr 13MB
InBiz: Productivity Puzzle 04 April 2013
The UK economy is in a quandry: employment is rising but the productivity of its workforce is not. Behind the numbers,…
Duration: 28 mins
- 30 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: Race Against the Machine 30 March 2013
Peter Day talks with the authors of the book Race Against the Machine and finds out what the rise of the robots is going…
Duration: 27 mins
- 23 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: Mahindra&Mahindra 23 March 2013
Peter Day talks to Anand Mahindra, the CEO of Indian group of companies Mahindra&Mahindra, about how M&M's story mirrors…
Duration: 27 mins
- 16 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: India Identity 16 March 2013
India is attempting to give each citizen get an individual identity. It’s the world’s largest technological…
Duration: 27 mins
- 09 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: India Economy 09 March 2013
The Indian economy, once one of the world’s fastest growing, is stalling. This week’s Global Business examines the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 02 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: Ageing in Japan 02 Mar 2013
Japan is the fastest ageing country in the world. As Peter Day reports, this is putting a big strain on the country’s…
Duration: 27 mins
- 23 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: Growing Old 23 Feb 2013
As baby boomers turn 65, many countries are growing old. As Peter Day reports, this means big changes for the economy,…
Duration: 27 mins
- 16 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: Jeremy Grantham 16 Feb 2013
Peter Day talks with the prominent investment manager Jeremy Grantham about managing progress in a world of finite…
Duration: 27 mins
- 09 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: Red Hook Brooklyn 09 Feb 2013
Peter Day takes a walk through one street in Red Hook Brooklyn to find out how the community is recovering from the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 02 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: The Art of Strategy 02 Feb 2013
Peter Day talks about business strategy with the former head of Proctor and Gamble, AG Lafley, and Dean of the Rotman…
Duration: 27 mins
- 19 Jan 13MB
GlobalBiz: The New Normal 19 Jan 2013
Peter Day travels to the British Midlands, the country's manufacturing heartland, to find out how businesses are coping…
Duration: 27 mins
- 17 Jan 13MB
InBiz: Gas Leak: 17 Jan 13
Russia's giant energy company Gazprom has the biggest reserves of natural gas in the world, and much of the country's…
Duration: 29 mins
- 10 Jan 13MB
InBiz: Starting Young: 10 Jan 13
Leave college, start a business. That is the idea behind a high-powered new project called Entrepreneur First, taking 30…
Duration: 29 mins
- 03 Jan 13MB
InBiz: Sounds Familiar: 03 Jan 13
After years of promise, voice recognition is at last becoming a significant method of using computers and accessing the…
Duration: 28 mins
- 29 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: 2013 Look Ahead: 29 Dec 12
Peter Day talks to three experts from the field of trends, technology and leadership to find out what we will be hearing…
Duration: 27 mins
- 27 Dec 13MB
InBiz: The Business of Kindness: 27 Dec 12
Random acts of kindness can help businesses grow in surprising ways. Peter Day talks with one woman who explains how the…
Duration: 28 mins
- 22 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: The Business of Kindness: 22 Dec 12
Random acts of kindness can help businesses grow in surprising ways. Peter Day talks with one woman who explains how the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 20 Dec 13MB
InBiz: Can The Co-op Cope? 20 Dec 12
Britain's venerable Cooperative movement is 168 years old, and now it is poised to turn itself into a major force in…
Duration: 28 mins
- 15 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Strong Medicine: 15 Dec 12
Big problems loom over the pharmaceutical industry which influences so many people's lives. Giant corporations are beset…
Duration: 27 mins
- 13 Dec 13MB
InBiz: Strike up the broadband: 13 Dec 12
Peter Day visits businesses struggling with slow web speeds and evaluates the government's ambitious targets to increase…
Duration: 29 mins
- 08 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Turkey (2): 08 Dec 12
Turkey is rethinking its’ geographical position in the world. In the second of his programmes on Turkey, Peter Day…
Duration: 27 mins
- 06 Dec 13MB
InBiz: Strong Medicine: 06 Dec 12
Big problems loom over the pharmaceutical industry which influences so many people's lives. Giant corporations are beset…
Duration: 28 mins
- 01 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Turkey (1): 01 Dec 12
Peter Day reports from Turkey which is fast developing into a significant economic power. In the past two years, growth…
Duration: 27 mins
- 29 Nov 13MB
InBiz: Start Up City: 29 Nov 12
Every city wants to become a high technology business hub, but ambitious entrepreneurs from all over Europe are rushing…
Duration: 28 mins
- 24 Nov 13MB
GlobalBiz: Brooklyn Start-Ups: 24 Nov 12
Peter Day reports from the New York City borough of Brooklyn, that used to be the city’s industrial heartland, and…
Duration: 27 mins
- 22 Nov 13MB
InBiz: On Their Metal: 22 Nov 12
Peter Day travels to the Midlands to find out how beleaguered manufacturers are coping with the most difficult economy…
Duration: 29 mins
- 17 Nov 13MB
GlobalBiz: Start Up City: 17 Nov 12
Every city wants to become a high technology business hub, but ambitious entrepreneurs from all over Europe are rushing…
Duration: 27 mins
- 10 Nov 13MB
GlobalBiz: Silicon Somewheres: 10 Nov 12
Peter Day asks how you create a high technology hub exploding with entrepreneurial activity. In other words how do you…
Duration: 27 mins
- 03 Nov 13MB
WorldBiz: The Innovator's Dilemma 03 Nov 2012
With innovation there are often unseen consequences. Managing what is expected and what isn't can make or break business…
Duration: 27 mins
- 27 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: School for Entrepreneurs: 27 Oct 12
Peter Day talks to the US enterprise teaching young school students to be entrepreneurs. Producer: Julie Ball Editor:…
Duration: 27 mins
- 20 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: Global Fashion 1: 20 Oct 12
This week in Global Business, Peter Day is getting fashionable. He talks to 3 family owned companies one as famous for…
Duration: 27 mins
- 13 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: A Great Disruption
Cries have gone up from all corners of the working world that things have got to change, that capitalism is broken and…
Duration: 27 mins
- 06 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: Face the Music: 06 Oct 12
Public spending cuts are putting a big squeeze on orchestras all over the world. Peter Day hears how musicians are…
Duration: 27 mins
- 29 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: Iceland (2) – Crisis Refugees: 29 Sept 12
The Banking bubble in Iceland not only created a bust but it also took many of the bright young brains into its…
Duration: 27 mins
- 22 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: In from the Cold - Iceland (1): 22 Sept 12
It is less than four years since Iceland was plunged into financial disaster. But now country is growing again. Peter…
Duration: 27 mins
- 15 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: Emerging Markets: 15 Sept 12
Peter Day talks to three experts about a new wave of companies with multinational ambitions springing up from the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 13 Sep 13MB
InBiz: Iceland - In From The Cold: 13 Sept 12
In 2008 Iceland's three main banks went bust plunging it into financial disaster. In Business reported on the crash in…
Duration: 29 mins
- 08 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: Join the Crowd: 8 Sept 12
Short of cash to start a business? More and more people are using the Internet to get customers or would-be investors to…
Duration: 27 mins
- 06 Sep 13MB
InBiz: A Great Disruption: 6 Sept 12
Amid economic turmoil and diminished public trust businesses are coming under great pressure to change the way they…
Duration: 28 mins
- 01 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: New Gateway: 1 Sept 12
Britain is getting a new port on the River Thames near London, the first for many years. When London Gateway opens next…
Duration: 27 mins
- 30 Aug 13MB
InBiz: Face the Music: 30 Aug 12
Public spending cuts are putting a big squeeze on orchestras all over the world. Peter Day hears how musicians are…
Duration: 28 mins
- 25 Aug 13MB
GlobalBiz: Coal Comfort 25 Aug 2012
Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel and the dirtiest. With insatiable demand from growing emerging economies, it's…
Duration: 27 mins
- 23 Aug 14MB
InBiz: Join the Crowd: 23 Aug 12
Short of cash to start a business? More and more people are using the Internet to get customers or would-be investors to…
Duration: 29 mins
- 16 Aug 13MB
InBiz: Coal Comfort: 16 Aug 12
Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel and the dirtiest. With insatiable demand from growing emerging economies, it's…
Duration: 28 mins
- 11 Aug 13MB
GlobalBiz: Computer Games 2: 11 Aug 12
In the second of two parts on the rapidly developing business of mobile gaming, Peter Day is in conversation with writer…
Duration: 27 mins
- 09 Aug 13MB
InBiz: The Fizz Biz: 9 Aug 12
There's a new boom in English sparkling wine. It is taking on Champagne and (sometimes) beating it. But what's behind…
Duration: 28 mins
- 04 Aug 13MB
GlobalBiz: Computer Games 1: 4 Aug 12
Peter Day looks at the business of mobile gaming and how smart phones have opened up huge new markets for the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 02 Aug 13MB
InBiz: New Gateway: 2 Aug 12
Britain is getting a new port on the Thames, the first for many years. When London Gateway opens next year, it will be…
Duration: 28 mins
- 28 Jul 13MB
GlobalBiz: Euro Peril: 28 July 12
As the euro struggles for survival, continental businesses are caught up in the crisis. Peter Day asks what they make of…
Duration: 27 mins
- 26 Jul 13MB
InBiz: Japan Gone Grey: 26 July 12
Japan is ageing faster than anywhere else, and the population is shrinking. 2012 is the crunch year as many of their…
Duration: 29 mins
- 21 Jul 13MB
GlobalBiz: Family Entrepreneurs: 21 July 12
Peter Day reports from the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Summit, where he meets two entrepreneurs, one…
Duration: 27 mins
- 19 Jul 13MB
InBiz: Euro Peril: 19 July 12
As the euro struggles for survival, continental businesses are caught up in the maelstrom. Peter Day finds out what they…
Duration: 29 mins
- 14 Jul 13MB
GlobalBiz: African Entrepreneurs 2: 14 July 12
Peter Day finds out more about entrepreneurship in Africa by talking to three entrepreneurs who are tapping the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 07 Jul 13MB
GlobalBiz: African Entrepreneurs 1: 07 July 12
Peter Day finds out more about entrepreneurship in Africa from two men who took over failing local banks and turned them…
Duration: 27 mins
- 30 Jun 13MB
GlobalBiz: Japanese Work Culture: 30 June 12
Japan has a very strict corporate culture which has been in place since World War II. In the 1970's and 1980's when…
Duration: 27 mins
- 23 Jun 13MB
GlobalBiz: Anne Glover: 23 June 12
Peter Day talks with Anne Glover, an expert in spotting companies which excel at the process of frugal innovation and…
Duration: 27 mins
- 17 Jun 12MB
InBiz: Diaspora Bonds: 17 June 12
Peter Day looks at the investment possibilities of diaspora bonds and how well off expatriates are trying to improve…
Duration: 25 mins
- 16 Jun 13MB
GlobalBiz: Japan Gone Grey: 16 June 12
This week Global Business is in Japan, a country that is growing old fast. In addition it’s population is shrinking…
Duration: 27 mins
- 09 Jun 13MB
GlobalBiz: For Sale: 09 June 12
The art of selling goes back centuries and can be the difference between a company surviving or dying on the vine. Peter…
Duration: 27 mins
- 02 Jun 13MB
GlobalBiz: Called to Account: 02 June 12
The global Big Four accountancy groups are under sharp scrutiny from the authorities in Britain, Europe and the USA….
Duration: 27 mins
- 26 May 13MB
GlobalBiz: Anders Dahlvig: 26 May 12
Peter Day talks with the former CEO of Ikea about how the company's new ideas changed the way we all think about design…
Duration: 27 mins
- 24 May 14MB
InBiz: Called to Account: 24 May 12
The global Big Four accountancy groups are under sharp scrutiny from the authorities in Britain, Europe and the USA….
Duration: 29 mins
- 19 May 13MB
GlobalBiz: Through The Mill: 19 May 12
The Lancashire cotton industry, in the north of England, was at the heart of the world's industrial revolution and the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 12 May 13MB
GlobalBiz: Dragon's Den (2): 12 May 12
In the second of two reports from China, Peter Day looks at private financing. Until now a somewhat grey area of the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 10 May 14MB
InBiz: Bank to Basics: 10 May 12
Britain's big four banks are being challenged by newcomers. Peter Day asks what new arrivals on the high street have to…
Duration: 29 mins
- 05 May 13MB
GlobalBiz: Dragon's Den (1): 05 May 2012
This week on Global Business Peter Day reports from China where political strife is in the news. But behind the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 03 May 14MB
InBiz: Frugal Feast: 03 May 12
Big companies may have lots to learn from the cheap and cheerful improvisation which is commonplace in the developing…
Duration: 29 mins
- 28 Apr 13MB
GlobalBiz: Reverse Innovation: 28 April 12
Peter Day hears about 'reverse innovation' – innovation that is adopted first in the developing world. Producer:…
Duration: 27 mins
- 26 Apr 14MB
InBiz: Through The Mill: 26 Apr 12
In the 19th century the Lancashire cotton industry was at the heart of the world's industrial revolution and the main…
Duration: 29 mins
- 19 Apr 14MB
InBiz: Dragon's Den: 19 Apr 2012
After 30 years of tearaway economic growth, there are fears that China may be rapidly slowing down, putting great…
Duration: 29 mins
- 14 Apr 13MB
GlobalBiz: Two Views of Japan: 14 April 12
The last twenty years in Japan look to have been abject grey economic failure. It seems that successive attempts to…
Duration: 27 mins
- 12 Apr 13MB
InBiz: French Lessons: 12 Apr 12
As the EuroZone struggles for survival, France remains at the heart of Europe. Peter Day finds out how French business…
Duration: 28 mins
- 05 Apr 14MB
InBiz: Growing Old: 05 Apr 12
As Baby Boomers start turning 65, many countries are quite suddenly growing old. The trend means big changes for the…
Duration: 29 mins
- 31 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: New Capitalist Manifesto 31 Mar 12
Peter Day hears from Umair Haque about a new set of business ideals.
Duration: 27 mins
- 24 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: Diaspora Bonds: 24 Mar 12
The investment possibilities of the money the African Diaspora sends to their own countries. Producer: Richard…
Duration: 27 mins
- 17 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: No Straight Lines: 17 March 12
Peter Day hears from Alan Moore author of No Straight Lines: making sense of our non-linear world and asks him 'what…
Duration: 27 mins
- 10 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: Frugal Innovation: 10 Mar 12
Peter Day hears from innovators keeping things simple and looking hard at what people really need. Producer: Richard…
Duration: 27 mins
- 03 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: The Start Up of You: 03 March 12
Reid Hoffman is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of LinkedIn and has just written a book called The Start-up…
Duration: 27 mins
- 25 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: Future Pharma: 25 Feb 12
The global pharmaceutical industry is facing some difficult strategic choices. As the costs of Research and Development…
Duration: 27 mins
- 18 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: Africa’s Future? 18 Feb 12
In this programme you can hear from the author Duncan Clarke. His new book, Africa’s Future: Darkness to Destiny:…
Duration: 27 mins
- 11 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: A New World of Wine: 11 Feb 2012
Peter Day hears from far-apart places where the wine industry is changing the global balance of supply and demand. He…
Duration: 27 mins
- 04 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: The Road Ahead For Electrical Engines? 04 Feb 12
Alexander Schey is just 26, and in the garage of a fairly ordinary house in west London where he, and a few other fellow…
Duration: 27 mins
- 28 Jan 13MB
GlobalBiz: Do It Yourself Jobs: 28 Jan 12
If times are hard, why not set up your own business rather than try to find a job somewhere else? Peter Day hears from…
Duration: 27 mins
- 21 Jan 13MB
GlobalBiz: Class Struggle: 21 Jan 12
In nearly every country in the world, there's one sector that everyone seems to think is in crisis: education. America…
Duration: 27 mins
- 19 Jan 14MB
InBiz: Do It Yourself Jobs: 19 Jan 12
If times are hard, why not set up your own business rather than try to find a job somewhere else? Peter Day hears from…
Duration: 29 mins
- 14 Jan 12MB
GlobalBiz: Two Authors: 14 Jan 12
Global Business hears from two authors about their recently published books. Books which are not about the world’s…
Duration: 26 mins
- 12 Jan 14MB
InBiz: All Together Now: 12 Jan 12
In these tough times, are there better ways of doing business: worker cooperatives, for example? In crisis-battered…
Duration: 29 mins
- 07 Jan 13MB
GlobalBiz: The Curse of the Bonus 07 Jan 12
It started off as a nice pat on the back for exceptional work. But then the bonus became some people's primal motivation…
Duration: 27 mins
- 05 Jan 13MB
InBiz: Class Struggle: 05 Jan 12
In nearly every country in the world, there's one thing that everyone seems to agree is in crisis: education. America…
Duration: 29 mins
- 31 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Future Tech: 31 Dec 11
It’s that time of year when Mark Anderson tells us which way the technology winds are blowing in the USA and he joins…
Duration: 27 mins
- 29 Dec 14MB
InBiz: A Glass of Its Own: 29 Dec 11
It's the perfect time of year for a celebratory gin-and-tonic, and these days the tipple raised at Christmas may well…
Duration: 29 mins
- 24 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: A Glass of Its Own: 24 Dec 11
It's the perfect time of year for a celebratory gin-and-tonic, and these days the tipple raised at Christmas may well…
Duration: 27 mins
- 22 Dec 14MB
InBiz: 21st Century Unlimited: 22 Dec 11
The American business guru Joe Pine thinks we have moved into an era of what he calls "Infinite Possibility". Peter Day…
Duration: 29 mins
- 17 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Cuba (pt 3): Cuba Now: 17 Dec 11
In this week’s Global Business Peter Day is back in Havana, Cuba for the third and final programme in this short…
Duration: 27 mins
- 15 Dec 14MB
InBiz: Cuba Now: 15 Dec 11
After 53 years of revolution, President Raul Castro is trying to change the state-controlled Cuban economy with moves to…
Duration: 29 mins
- 10 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Cuba (pt 2) A view from Havana: 10 Dec 11
In this week’s Global Business Peter Day reports from Cuba in the second of three programmes on the Cuban economy. …
Duration: 27 mins
- 08 Dec 13MB
InBiz: The Curse of the Bonus: 08 Dec 11
It started off as a nice pat on the back for exceptional work. But then the bonus became some people's primal motivation…
Duration: 28 mins
- 03 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Cuba 1: The view from Miami: 03 Dec 11
In the first of two programmes about Cuba, Peter Day reports from Miami. There are over 850,000 Cuban Americans in…
Duration: 27 mins
- 01 Dec 14MB
InBiz: Don’t Cry for me, Argentina: 01 Dec 11
Is there life after a sovereign debt default such as Greece is now facing ? Peter Day reports from Argentina, a country…
Duration: 29 mins
- 26 Nov 13MB
GlobalBiz: Mass Customisation and the Experience Economy: 26 Dec 11
Joe Pine's career as a business coach began at IBM when he brought business partners and customers into the development…
Duration: 27 mins
- 24 Nov 14MB
InBiz: Survival Strategy: 24 Nov 11
As economic gales blow even harder, are there lessons to be learnt from previous recessions? Peter Day finds out from…
Duration: 29 mins
- 19 Nov 13MB
GlobalBiz: Politics and Economic Policies in Argentina: 19 Nov 11
Argentina is familiar with huge political, economic and social ups and downs, currency inflows and outflows, great…
Duration: 27 mins
- 12 Nov 13MB
GlobalBiz: Argentina - Ten Years On: 12 Nov 11
Nine years ago Peter Day visited Argentina at its lowest economic ebb. It had defaulted on its overseas debts. The…
Duration: 27 mins
- 05 Nov 13MB
GlobalBiz: Doing Business in Russia: 05 Nov 11
Three businessmen tell Peter Day about doing business in Russia. William Browder was an investment fund manager in the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 29 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: Unfair Trade: 29 Oct 11
When you buy a pair of trainers or that new mobile phone or laptop do you ever stop to think about the person on the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 22 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: Richard Florida: 22 Oct 11
Peter Day hears from Richard Florida, author of The Great Reset, who tells him about the patterns that will drive the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 15 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: Consulting India: 15 Oct 11
Global Business hears from the man at the head of India's largest high tech organisation, Tata Consultancy Services - N….
Duration: 27 mins
- 08 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: Mondragon: 08 Oct 11
Peter Day visits a very unconventional business in the Basque country of Northern Spain. What can other businesses learn…
Duration: 27 mins
- 01 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: Silicon Roundabout: 01 Oct 11
Hundreds of small companies have set up shop in East London. But could ‘Silicon Roundabout’ really rival Silicon…
Duration: 27 mins
- 24 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: Bitter Pill: 24 Sept 11
Peter Day returns to what was, until recently, a famous centre of excellence in the UK pharmaceutical industry. But now…
Duration: 27 mins
- 17 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: Cyber Security: 17 Sept 11
Peter Day asks how safe is Cyberspace? Mobile phones and social Networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have meant…
Duration: 27 mins
- 15 Sep 14MB
InBiz: The Apprentices: 15 Sept 11
With big increases looming in the cost of going to university, the number of people choosing apprenticeships is rising…
Duration: 29 mins
- 10 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: Bad Company: 10 Sept 11
Business leaders make a lot of fuss about corporate governance, but the scandals keep on coming. So, in this programme,…
Duration: 27 mins
- 08 Sep 14MB
InBiz: Silicon Roundabout: 08 Sept 11
Hundreds of small companies have set up shop in East London. But could ‘Silicon Roundabout’ really rival Silicon…
Duration: 29 mins
- 02 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: Poland 2. 30 Sep 11
In the past year several member countries of the European Union have been facing economic meltdown; Spain, Greece,…
Duration: 27 mins
- 01 Sep 14MB
InBiz: Prize Performers: 01 Sept 11
At a time of grave crisis, some of the world's top Nobel Prize winning economists have been meeting for a conference on…
Duration: 29 mins
- 25 Aug 14MB
InBiz: Crunching the Crisis: 25 Aug 11
As global economic confusion continues, maybe it is time to rethink the way the world works. Peter Day hears from three…
Duration: 29 mins
- 20 Aug 13MB
GlobalBiz: Leader of the Brand: 20 Aug 11
How important is the brand today? Think of Apple, Coca-Cola, Burberry, Nike and the lifestyle choices they suggest. In…
Duration: 27 mins
- 18 Aug 14MB
InBiz: Made In India: 18 Aug 11
In 1995, Peter Day visited India as it was just starting to take off, fuelled by deregulation and a huge pool of…
Duration: 29 mins
- 13 Aug 13MB
GlobalBiz: New Dimensions for Manufacturing (2) 13 Aug 11
Peter Day finds out more about 3D printing and its potential to revolutionise manufacturing. Producer: Caroline…
Duration: 27 mins
- 11 Aug 14MB
InBiz: Bad Company: 11 Aug 11
Business leaders make a lot of fuss about corporate governance, but the scandals keep on coming. Peter Day asks what's…
Duration: 29 mins
- 06 Aug 13MB
GlobalBiz: New Dimensions for Manufacturing (1) 6 Aug 11
3D printing may be poised to revolutionise the manufacturing industry. Peter Day asks if 100 years of mass production is…
Duration: 27 mins
- 04 Aug 14MB
InBiz: Bitter Pill: 04 Aug 11
The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is closing most of its giant research facility at Sandwich in Kent, the place where…
Duration: 29 mins
- 30 Jul 13MB
GlobalBiz: Europe on the Edge: 30 July 11
In this week’s Global Business, Peter Day reports on the continuing crisis in the Eurozone. Whilst countries like…
Duration: 27 mins
- 28 Jul 14MB
InBiz: New Dimension: 28 July 11
Three-D printing may be poised to revolutionise the manufacturing industry. Peter Day asks if 100 years of mass…
Duration: 29 mins
- 23 Jul 13MB
GlobalBiz: Banking on a Crisis: 23 July 11
Bill Rhodes has worked with senior business leaders, statesmen, and strongmen and brokered immense financial deals while…
Duration: 27 mins
- 21 Jul 14MB
InBiz: Europe on the Edge: 21 July 11
The Euro crisis in Greece is creating effects that can be felt across the continent. Peter Day finds out how this…
Duration: 29 mins
- 16 Jul 13MB
GlobalBiz: UpStart Stories: 16 July 11
Peter Day hears the success stories of internet entrepreneurs Brent Hobermann, Reid Hofman and Michael and Xochi Birch,…
Duration: 27 mins
- 09 Jul 13MB
GlobalBiz: Take a Copy: 09 July 11
Intellectual property sounds an innocuous enough idea, but patents and copyright have recently been stirring up a lot of…
Duration: 27 mins
- 02 Jul 13MB
GlobalBiz: Made In India: 02 July 11
Peter Day is in Bangalore sixteen years after he first visited the city. He catches up with some of the people he met…
Duration: 27 mins
- 25 Jun 13MB
GlobalBiz: Club of Rome: Not Built in One Day 25 June 11
In this week's Global Business, Peter Day is in St. Gallen, Switzerland where he hears from Dr. Eberhard Von Koerber,…
Duration: 27 mins
- 18 Jun 13MB
GlobalBiz: The Trouble with Capitalism: 18 June 11
In the aftermath of the credit crunch people are thinking about the way banks work, the way financial markets operate,…
Duration: 27 mins
- 11 Jun 13MB
GlobalBiz: Watch Your Language: 11 June 11
There is no reason why the words used in corporate communications should be pompous and jargon-ridden but that is how it…
Duration: 27 mins
- 04 Jun 13MB
GlobalBiz: The Essential Advantage: 04 June 11
Paul Leinwand and Cesare Meinardi talk to Peter Day about their book - The Essential Advantage. It is an interesting…
Duration: 27 mins
- 26 May 14MB
InBiz: Continental Drift: 26 May 11
As the sovereign debt crisis continues what next for the Euro? What next for Europe? Peter Day asks the…
Duration: 29 mins
- 21 May 13MB
GlobalBiz: For Your Information: 21 May 11
Information seems to be moving right to the heart of the 21st century economy but nobody really knows what it is or how…
Duration: 27 mins
- 19 May 14MB
InBiz: Take a Copy: 19 May 11
Intellectual property sounds an innocuous enough idea, but patents and copyright have recently been stirring up a lot of…
Duration: 29 mins
- 14 May 13MB
GlobalBiz: Quick on the Draw: 14 May 11
In an age of high technology communications, two long-established companies in a single German city are still battling…
Duration: 27 mins
- 12 May 14MB
InBiz: Watch Your Language: 12 May 11
There is no reason why the words used in corporate communications should be pompous and jargon-ridden but that is how it…
Duration: 29 mins
- 07 May 13MB
GlobalBiz: Watch This Space: 07 May 11
America’s space effort faces big upheavals as President Obama reigns in government spending and NASA is told to work…
Duration: 27 mins
- 05 May 14MB
InBiz: Keep it Local: 05 May 11
As pubs struggle to survive, Peter Day travels through villages in Yorkshire and Cumbria to talk to local activists and…
Duration: 29 mins
- 30 Apr 13MB
GlobalBiz: Managing China: 30 Apr
Charles-Edouard Bouée from strategy consultants Roland Berger tells Peter Day how Chinese management philosophy is…
Duration: 27 mins
- 28 Apr 14MB
InBiz: For Your Information: 28 Apr 11
Information seems to be moving right to the heart of the 21st century economy but nobody really knows what it is or how…
Duration: 29 mins
- 23 Apr 13MB
GlobalBiz: Growing Rich in China: 23 Apr 11
Peter Day is back in China to hear from some of the newcomers making a splash on the Chinese business scene. Producer:…
Duration: 27 mins
- 21 Apr 14MB
InBiz: Watch This Space: 21 Apr 11
America's space effort faces big upheavals as President Obama reigns in government spending and NASA is told to work in…
Duration: 29 mins
- 16 Apr 12MB
GlobalBiz: Over a Barrel (part 2): 16 Apr 11
Peter Day continues his look at the future of the world energy industry. And in this programme he hears more from three…
Duration: 26 mins
- 14 Apr 14MB
InBiz: Quick On The Draw: 14 Apr 11
In an age of high technology communications, two long-established companies in a single German city are still…
Duration: 29 mins
- 09 Apr 13MB
GlobalBiz: Over a Barrel (part 1): 09 Apr 11
Turmoil across the Middle East sent oil prices jumping and has raised big questions about the security of the energy…
Duration: 27 mins
- 07 Apr 14MB
InBiz: New Bric On The Block: 07 Apr 11
Brazil, Russia, Indonesia and China are the BRICs - the developing countries experts think are well on their way to the…
Duration: 29 mins
- 02 Apr 13MB
GlobalBiz: Thinking about Thinking: 02 Apr 11
Peter Day has his 'thinking hat' on for this edition when he hears from two academics from the Rotman School of…
Duration: 27 mins
- 31 Mar 14MB
InBiz: Over a Barrel: 31 March 11
Turmoil across the Middle East sent oil prices jumping and has raised big questions about the security of the energy…
Duration: 29 mins
- 21 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: Two Women: 21 Mar 11
Investment bankers are talking up Indonesia's chances of joining the BRICs nations. Indonesia's current main…
Duration: 27 mins
- 14 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: Here Comes Indonesia: 14 Mar 11
Brazil, Russia, India and China are the developing countries many experts think are well on their way to the top of the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 07 Mar 13MB
GlobalBiz: Brown by Name, Green by Nature: 07 Mar 11
Peter Day hears from Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, about his new book "World on the Edge - How…
Duration: 27 mins
- 28 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: Luxury Brands: 28 Feb 11
New places are leaping to prominence in the pampered world of luxury. Peter Day hears from some of the people behind the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 21 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: All at Sea: 21 Feb 2011
It's a long time since Britain ruled the maritime world, but ocean transport is still a vital activity in the UK and now…
Duration: 27 mins
- 14 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: Operation Robot: 14 Feb 11
The revolution in the operating theatre is only just beginning, but robotic surgery could change the way we think about…
Duration: 27 mins
- 07 Feb 13MB
GlobalBiz: Non Consuming Passion: 07 Feb 11
Peter Day hears from Chandran Nair, Management Consultant and Founder of The Global Institute for Tomorrow. Author of a…
Duration: 27 mins
- 31 Jan 13MB
GlobalBiz: Off to Market: 31 Jan 11
This week on Global Business, Peter Day continues his reports from China this week looking at the country’s economic…
Duration: 27 mins
- 24 Jan 13MB
GlobalBiz: Power Play: 24 Jan 11
Peter Day makes a return visit to BYD in Shenzhen, in the Pearl River Delta to meet it’s founder, Wang Chuanfu the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 20 Jan 14MB
InBiz: A New Capitalism: 20 Jan 11
One of the world's most influential business professors thinks it is time for companies completely to redefine their…
Duration: 29 mins
- 17 Jan 13MB
GlobalBiz: China's Dispossessed: 17 Jan 11
In the first of a short series of programmes, Peter Day reports from China. This week - the dispossessed. In the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 13 Jan 13MB
InBiz: All At Sea: 13 Jan 11
It is a long time since Britain ruled the maritime world, and North Sea oil has peaked. But ocean transport is still a…
Duration: 28 mins
- 10 Jan 13MB
GlobalBiz: Bitter Pills: 10 Jan 11
Britain's pharmaceutical giants invest millions in the search for better cures but has it worked? Producer: Sandra…
Duration: 27 mins
- 06 Jan 14MB
InBiz: China Dispossessed: 06 Jan 11
The vast national urbanisation plan to take Chinese people out of poverty leaves behind many who are dispossessed of…
Duration: 29 mins
- 30 Dec 13MB
InBiz: Back on the Road: 30 Dec 10
The United States auto industry has just limped through the biggest industrial car crash in history. The Ford Motor…
Duration: 29 mins
- 27 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Michael Porter: 27 Dec 10
Peter Day hears a challenge to capitalism from one of the most influential business thinkers in the world. Producer:…
Duration: 27 mins
- 23 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Mark Anderson: 03 Jan 11
Mark Anderson takes a look ahead at 10 of the key things he thinks will prove to be significant over the coming 12…
Duration: 27 mins
- 23 Dec 14MB
InBiz: Asia Bling: 23 Dec 10
New places are leaping to prominence in the pampered world of luxury. Peter Day hears from some of the people behind the…
Duration: 29 mins
- 20 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Dame Barbara Stocking: 20 Dec 10
Peter Day hears from the Chief Executive of Oxfam, Dame Barbara Stocking. Producer: Richard Berenger Editor: Stephen…
Duration: 27 mins
- 15 Dec 27MB
InBiz: Euro on the Rocks? 16 Dec 10
As the Euroland crisis spreads from one country to another, In Business joins forces with The Report to examine what's…
Duration: 58 mins
- 13 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Not for Profits: 13 Dec 10
Why are they no really large not for profit organisations? Peter Day hears why from two Harvard Business School…
Duration: 27 mins
- 09 Dec 14MB
InBiz: Bitter Pills: 09 Dec 10
Britain's pharmaceutical companies have invested hundreds of millions of pounds in a search for new drugs and treatments…
Duration: 29 mins
- 06 Dec 13MB
GlobalBiz: Chinese Hare, Indian Tortoise? 06 Dec 10
Peter Day asks two expert witnesses to compare the two countries vying for the position of number one in the world…
Duration: 27 mins
- 02 Dec 13MB
InBiz: Operation Robot: 02 Dec 10
The revolution in the operating theatre is only just beginning, but robotic surgery could change the way we think about…
Duration: 29 mins
- 29 Nov 13MB
GlobalBiz: Growing Pains: 29 Nov 10
In the middle of a recession renewed economic growth is always considered the great panacea that will get us out of the…
Duration: 27 mins
- 25 Nov 14MB
InBiz: Growing Pains: 25 Nov 10
In the middle of a recession renewed economic growth is always considered the great panacea that will get us out of the…
Duration: 29 mins
- 15 Nov 13MB
GlobalBiz: Singapore Start-ups: 15 Nov 10
The Singapore government is dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship. Peter Day takes a close look. Producers: Richard…
Duration: 27 mins
- 08 Nov 12MB
GlobalBiz: Aamir Khan: 08 Nov 10
Peter Day hears about one of the world’s most buoyant movie industries from a someone right in the thick of it….
Duration: 26 mins
- 01 Nov 13MB
GlobalBiz: Crystal Lagoons: 01 Nov 10
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…
Duration: 27 mins
- 26 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: Are CEO's up to the job? (part 2): 26 Oct 10
In this programme Peter Day continues his investigation in to what makes a good chief executive. Leading an…
Duration: 27 mins
- 19 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: Are CEO's up to the job?
Global Business asks: are chief executives really up to the job in our top companies? Peter Day shines the spotlight on…
Duration: 27 mins
- 05 Oct 13MB
GlobalBiz: Small World 5 Oct 10
Outsourcing used to be something only big companies did to save money. Now small firms are learning how they can become…
Duration: 27 mins
- 28 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: Innovation 28 Sept 10
How do companies generate new ideas turn them into products? Peter Day hears from Professor Vijay…
Duration: 27 mins
- 21 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: Power Play: 21 Sept 10
Huge hopes (and vast sums of money) are being pinned on the so-called Intelligent Grid: a new network of electricity…
Duration: 27 mins
- 16 Sep 14MB
InBiz: After The Crunch: 16 Sept 10
… comes what? Double dip or W-shaped recovery? Or something much more uncertain? Peter Day reports from the front line…
Duration: 29 mins
- 14 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: Hidden Depths: 14 Sept 10
London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a submersible vessel that flies through the deepest ocean like a…
Duration: 27 mins
- 09 Sep 14MB
InBiz: Chips off the old Block: 09 Sept 10
Once upon a time, British computing led the world. In a mobile world, some people think it might be happening again. …
Duration: 29 mins
- 07 Sep 13MB
GlobalBiz: It's Only a Game: 7 Sept 10
The story of the video company Ubisoft is pretty compelling … five brothers in a small town in Brittany in the west of…
Duration: 27 mins
- 02 Sep 14MB
InBiz: Hidden Depths: 02 Sept 10
London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a submersible vessel that flies through the deepest ocean like a…
Duration: 29 mins