The Bottom Line Episodes Episode guide
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Entrepreneurs and Education
How to get to the top in business after being bottom of the class at school.
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Newspapers - to pay or not to pay?
How are newspapers adapting to digital technologies? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
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Newspapers - to pay or not to pay?
How are newspapers adapting to digital technologies? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
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Burger Battles
Evan Davis and guests discuss the changing face of the British fast-food market.
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Angel Investors
Successful entrepreneurs willing to invest their own cash to kick-start new businesses.
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Outsourcing
From making chilli sauce to running prisons: the pros and cons of contracting out.
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Corruption
Evan Davis and guests discuss corruption in business.
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Failure
Company bosses explain the important lessons they've learned from their business mistakes.
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Productivity
Increasing productivity and how to measure it. Evan Davis and guests discuss.
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Corporate Scandal
Phone hacking, financial mis-selling and fraud: How to recover after negative headlines.
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Football's Billions
Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore joins Evan Davis to discuss the business of football.
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Going Global
Evan Davis and guests discuss the ups and downs of trading overseas.
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Whatever Happened To?
Sock Shop, Golden Wonder and Lehman Brothers: big names that faded but have not vanished.
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Waiting in Line: The Business of Queuing
The science, psychology and management of queuing. Evan Davis chairs a discussion.
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Inventors
Hairbrushes, fake snow and baby beakers: How to turn an idea into a successful business.
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Gold
From mining in west Africa to jewellery-making in London: three links in the gold chain.
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Trading Places
Cars, cosmetics and convenience stores: What are the secrets to retailing success?
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The Price of Time
How should we price services? By the hour, by results or by the difficulty of the task?
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Upside-down Management
Evan Davis and guests discuss a radical new idea for business management.
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Upside-down Management
Evan Davis and guests discuss a radical new idea for business management.
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Family Rivals
The entrepreneurs who leave the family business to set up a rival brand of their own.
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Live Long and Prosper
How have some companies survived for centuries? Evan Davis investigates.
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Wearable Technology
Smartwatches, fitness bands and intelligent fabric: the latest gadgets to transform lives?
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Flash Sales
How the new retail sector of flash sales is changing the way we shop for luxury brands.
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TripAdvisor Etc
How TripAdvisor and similar websites can make or break a business. Evan Davis and guests.
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Celebrities and Fans
Social advertising: Selling products via celebrities and the fans who 'like' them.
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Celebrities and Fans
Social advertising: Selling products via celebrities and the fans who 'like' them.
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The Saviour Returns
Bosses explain why they took back control of companies they had once founded.
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Recalls
Faulty children's beds and mis-labelled monkey nuts: Evan Davis discusses product recalls.
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Location, Disruption, Location
War, political unrest and natural disasters - three business leaders tell their stories.
