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Evan Davis is The Open University's Visiting Professor of the Public Understanding of Business. He presents The Bottom Line and is a regular presenter on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

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Evan Davis: Questions after ReflectionsCopyrighted Image The Open University

By Evan Davis (The Open University)

11 November 2011

Following his lecture, Reflections on the British Economy, Evan Davis took questions from the audience.  Read more : Evan Davis: Questions after Reflections

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Evan Davis: Reflections on the British Economy Featuring: video, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By Evan Davis (The Open University)

11 November 2011

An overview of the British economy - and the risks and opportunities for the future - from Evan Davis.  Read more : Evan Davis: Reflections on the British Economy

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Peter Bamford on why owning a retailer doesn't mean owning shops Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Peter Bamford (Guest), Evan Davis (The Open University)

07 July 2011

Superdry boss Peter Bamford explains why, in an age where stores outsource distribution and IT, it's just as logical to let somebody else own the...  Read more : Peter Bamford on why owning a retailer doesn't mean owning shops

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Ralph Oppenheimer on risk and derivatives Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Ralph Oppenheimer (Guest), Evan Davis (The Open University)

16 June 2011

As chief executive of the world's largest independent steel trading company, how does Ralph Oppenheimer cope with risk - and what influence do derivative traders...  Read more : Ralph Oppenheimer on risk and derivatives

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OU on the BBC: The Bottom Line - The nitty grittyJovani Carlo Gorospe | Dreamstime.com

By Evan Davis (The Open University), The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

24 March 2011

Evan and guests discuss who makes the money and how do they set the prices?  Read more : OU on the BBC: The Bottom Line - The nitty gritty

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Evan Davis on disaster recovery Featuring: video, Anthony Furgison | Dreamstime.com

By Evan Davis (The Open University), Dr Leslie Budd (The Open University)

24 March 2011

The Open University's Leslie Budd asks Evan: What would happen if a major disaster struck London, England?  Read more : Evan Davis on disaster recovery

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Currency wars and tax regimes Featuring: video, The Open University

By Professor Janette Rutterford (The Open University), Evan Davis (The Open University)

10 February 2011

As nations battle by printing currency, and the coalition struggle with how much to tax the banks, Janette Rutterford and Evan Davis take a cool...  Read more : Currency wars and tax regimes

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Knowing when to keep going, and when to stop Featuring: video,audio, Creative Commons Image Kake Pugh under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Simon Woodroffe (Guest), Evan Davis (The Open University)

03 February 2011

Yo! Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe shares what he learned about business start-ups as he established his restaurants  Read more : Knowing when to keep going, and when to stop

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Evan Davis on... being next door Featuring: video, Ultrashock | Dreamstime.com

By Evan Davis (The Open University)

18 November 2010

Evan asks what are the advantages of being next door to the competition?  Read more : Evan Davis on... being next door

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Evan Davis on... office dress codes  Featuring: video, photos.com

By Evan Davis (The Open University)

11 November 2010

This week, Evan looks at whether you can really remain neutral when it comes to what you wear in the office  Read more : Evan Davis on... office dress codes

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Evan Davis: Reflections on the British Economy

Comment posted by cj4243

28 Feb 2012

Hm, was this lecture not just common sense?! We closed down mines and ship building plants to make way for financial services etc, which haven't proved as wealth-generating as we thought and have... Read more : Evan Davis: Reflections on the British Economy

Evan Davis: Questions after Reflections

Comment posted by sg43

24 Nov 2011

I also thoroughly enjoyed this lecture given by Evan Davis and in particular finding out that he has links to my employer SSTL in its formative years at the University of Surrey. However, while I... Read more : Evan Davis: Questions after Reflections

Evan Davis: Reflections on the British Economy

Comment posted by prh23

24 Nov 2011

This Q & A is very powerful. Proving the OUs great choice for the holder of quite a strange job title "Visiting Professor of the Public Understanding of Business". And doesn't he do it well! A... Read more : Evan Davis: Reflections on the British Economy

Evan Davis: Reflections on the British Economy

Comment posted by pjc32

17 Nov 2011

The OU excelled by choosing to put this lecture on. At the same time I have never heard such a compelling case put for Politicians and world leaders to attend an OU systemic thinking programme... Read more : Evan Davis: Reflections on the British Economy

Evan Davis: Questions after Reflections

Comment posted by pjc32

17 Nov 2011

This was a splendid lecture. I thought it certainly educated, informed and entertained as per the BBC's mission. Even more pleasant to share a ride to the Open University with Evan Davis and then... Read more : Evan Davis: Questions after Reflections

Evan Davis on... office dress codes

Comment posted by zz656246

12 Nov 2010

I to some extent agree and the same argument was made when challenging school uniforms once at my school.  It gives a model by which everybody should work towards and therefore eliminates the '... Read more : Evan Davis on... office dress codes

Evan Davis on... planning for luck

Comment posted by haob3

10 Nov 2010

Another great video Evan, To increase yoru luck you coould consider ... Luck = Prepardness times Opportunity Although I think this is a rather loose forumla, it does give us some... Read more : Evan Davis on... planning for luck

Evan Davis on... being dynamic

Comment posted by haob3

10 Nov 2010

Well done Evan, very interesting video, Having recently worked for an incumbant in a highly competitive and dynamic market (the mobile phone industry) I don't think incubnants only... Read more : Evan Davis on... being dynamic

Biography

Read Evan Davis’s biography.

In 2011, Evan Davis was appointed Visiting Professor of the Public Understanding of Business.
Since April 2008, Evan Davis has been part of the BBC Radio 4 Today programme presenting team. Prior to this, he had been the BBC economics editor.
He also presents Dragons Den and - of course - hosts The Bottom Line.

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