The World of Business Podcast
Insights into the business world - featuring content from 成人快手 Radio 4's In Business programme, and also Global Business from the 成人快手 World Service.
Episodes to download
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Germany鈥檚 New Workforce?
Fri 12 Feb 2016
As the German workforce shrinks can over one million new migrants be the solution?
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Global Business: Oil 鈥� How low will it go?
Fri 29 Jan 2016
Peter Day and guests discuss the low oil price and the global implications.
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Norway's European Vision
Thu 21 Jan 2016
Jonty Bloom learns how Norway does business with the European Union.
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Global Business: Making Money Out Of Germany's Migrants
Fri 15 Jan 2016
Paul Henley speaks to businesses in Munich benefiting from the arrival of new refugees.
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In Business: Truckers: women behind the big wheel
Tue 12 Jan 2016
The trucking industry has a staffing shortage so why aren't more women behind the wheel?
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Global Business: Investing in Iran
Fri 8 Jan 2016
Global Business looks at the business prospects in Iran when sanctions are lifted
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In Business: Not so small beer
Wed 30 Dec 2015
Peter Day explores the rise of craft beer and how the big breweries are fighting back
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Global Business: The Business of Trust
Wed 23 Dec 2015
How important is trust and can it be won back if it's lost? Matthew Gwyther investigates
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In Business: The Sexy Salaryman
Thu 17 Dec 2015
How the white collar worker has become a cult hero in TV series and comic books in Japan.
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Global Business: Christmas, Made In China
Fri 11 Dec 2015
Peter Day visits the Chinese city which makes most of the world's Christmas decorations
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Antony Jenkins talks to Kamal Ahmed
Thu 3 Dec 2015
The former Barclays CEO, Antony Jenkins, talks to Kamal Ahmed
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Global Business: The Rise of the Executive PA
Thu 22 Oct 2015
Sathnam Sanghera discovers how important the executive assistant is to the modern day CEO
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Global Business: The Violins of Cremona
Thu 15 Oct 2015
Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making but can a niche industry survive?
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What makes a company last?
Wed 7 Oct 2015
Peter Day asks what makes a company last and whether longevity still matters.
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Global Business: Online Shopping in Rural China
Wed 30 Sep 2015
How is internet shopping changing rural villages in China?
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China Going Green
Wed 23 Sep 2015
Peter Day reports from China on the country's efforts to reduce pollution and go green
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Global Business: A Tale of Two Farms
Wed 16 Sep 2015
Two family farms 鈥� united by the drought but separated by heartless geology.
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Global Business: The California Drought
Wed 9 Sep 2015
How are Californian farm communities coping with their fourth year of drought?
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Global Business: Steinway
Tue 1 Sep 2015
Peter Day visits Steinway and Sons in New York to hear what makes it's pianos special
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Global Business: Graphene
Thu 27 Aug 2015
Peter Day tries to discover how the material - graphene - can be used in the future
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Global Business: Companies without managers
Wed 19 Aug 2015
Who's your boss? Peter Day asks how three companies, without managers, do business.
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A Night at the Opera
Thu 13 Aug 2015
Peter Day looks at the business of opera - how does this expensive art form survive?
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In Business: Driverless Cars
Thu 6 Aug 2015
Peter Day investigates a future of driverless cars - how soon will it come?
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Global Business: Entrepreneurs Explain
Thu 30 Jul 2015
Remarkable start-up stories of entrepreneurs from Saudi Arabia, Israel and New Zealand.
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MisBehaving with Richard Thaler
Wed 24 Jun 2015
Peter Day talks to Richard Thaler, one of the founding fathers of behavioural economics.
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Global Business: The Circular Economy
Thu 18 Jun 2015
Peter Day talks to Dame Ellen MacArthur and others about the 'Circular Economy'
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Global Business: Out of the Desert
Wed 10 Jun 2015
How Mohed Altrad went from orphan in the Syrian desert to billionaire
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Global Business: Colombia鈥檚 Women Mean Business
Wed 3 Jun 2015
Peter Day investigates the advances for Colombian women in business.
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Global Business: Medellin鈥檚 Lessons
Mon 1 Jun 2015
What lessons does Medellin鈥檚 remarkable turnaround have for other troubled cities?
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In Business: Medellin Miracle
Thu 21 May 2015
Medellin used to be one of the most dangerous cites on earth; with a reputation for as...
