Each week, after the programme, Evan shares his insight into what we've learned from the discussion.
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Evan Davis on... being next door
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... being next doorEvan asks what are the advantages of being next door to the competition?
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Evan Davis on... being dynamic
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... being dynamicEvan highlights the relationship between dynamic new entrants and older established companies. Why do businesses like to portray themselves as the underdog, and why does it make sense for incumbents to be less dynamic?
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Evan Davis on... striking a balance
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... striking a balanceEvan Davis argues that interfering is ok as long as it doesn't get in the way of the creativity and benefit of others.
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Evan Davis on... market share
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... market shareEvan Davis looks at market share in different sectors; how can some companies get you for life whereas others struggle with consumer loyalty?
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Evan Davis on... the world economy
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the world economyIn a new era for the world economy, Evan Davis asks whether growth and change will lead to more simultaneous actions, or less
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Evan Davis on... conferences
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... conferencesEvan believes spontaneity and long coffee breaks are the key to a successful and worthwhile business conference.
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Evan Davis on... fear and trust
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... fear and trustEvan suggests that the problem for companies in fields like GM foods, is a confusion between fear and mistrust.
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Evan Davis on... growth
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... growthEvan highlights those business bosses who nurture their companies to grow and those who takeover others, and asks how growth can be achieved fairly.
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Evan Davis on... lobbying
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... lobbyingEvan highlights the negative connotations of 'lobbying' and asks whether the public really should be worried.
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Evan Davis on... reaction time
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... reaction timeEvan suggests companies and business markets should pre-act rather than react to financial events.
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Evan Davis on... talent
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... talentEvan evaluates the high-maintenance stars of business against talented teams
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Evan Davis on... regulation
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... regulationEvan discusses the benefits and losses of regulation for the customer
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Evan Davis on... advertising
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... advertisingEvan questions the fast pace of business life and the power of advertising
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Evan Davis on... online publishing
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... online publishingEvan explores the problems associated with new technologies and online magazine publishing
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Evan Davis on... planning for luck
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... planning for luckEvan Davis believes that there's skill in how you deal with luck
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Evan Davis on... trusting PR
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... trusting PRA recent piece of sleight of hand at the Undergound makes Evan Davis wonder if short-termism is doomed to shatter trust in PR.
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Evan Davis on... the Hawthorne effect
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the Hawthorne effectCan designer chairs and table football make employees more productive? Evan Davis from The Bottom Line talks about the Hawthorne effect in the office.
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Evan Davis on... creative accounting
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... creative accountingEvan Davis from The Bottom Line gives us his opinion on creative accounting.
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Evan Davis on... accountants
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... accountantsBalancing the books and warning investors of potential trouble is a difficult business; Evan Davis from The Bottom Line gives us his view on accountants.
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Evan Davis on... cutting costs
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... cutting costsEvan Davis from The Bottom Line explains the importance of staff trust when cutting costs.
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Evan Davis on... entertainment on internet
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... entertainment on internetEvan Davis from The Bottom Line talks us through the future of entertainment on the internet.
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Evan Davis on... clustering
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... clusteringEvan Davis from The Bottom Line guides us through the business phenomenon of clustering and why it occurs.
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Evan Davis on... financial innovation
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... financial innovationEvan Davis from The Bottom Line gives us his view on financial innovation.
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Evan Davis on... language
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... languageThe Bottom Line’s Evan Davis looks into the future of language and how technology could transform worldwide business.
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Evan Davis on... jobs for life
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... jobs for lifeSometimes, a new face can be just as useful to an employer as an old hand, says Evan Davis, presenter of The Bottom Line. The tricky part is to get the balance right.
Level: 1 Introductory
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Evan Davis on... the future of money
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the future of moneyWhy is cash still in use when numerous alternatives are now available? Presenter of The Bottom Line Evan Davis talks us through the future of money.
Level: 1 Introductory
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Evan Davis on... technology
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... technologyComing up with new ideas is one thing, but as Evan Davis, presenter of The Bottom Line, points out, it doesn’t stop there. You need to give it an environment in which it’s going to thrive.
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Evan Davis on... government assistance
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... government assistanceSometimes the business world needs government help, sometimes it’s happy to go it alone. Evan Davis, presenter of The Bottom Line, asks whether we’ve managed to strike the right balance.
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Evan Davis on... the negative feedback solution
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the negative feedback solutionThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis talks us through his negative feedback solution.
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Stephanie Flanders on... online business
Watch now to access more details of Stephanie Flanders on... online businessBBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders explores the relationship between the internet and business.
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Evan Davis on... pedestrian crossings
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... pedestrian crossingsEvan Davis from The Bottom Line explains the valuable lessons we can learn from the pedestrian crossing.
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Stephanie Flanders on... skills shortages
Watch now to access more details of Stephanie Flanders on... skills shortagesHow much training should companies give their workforce? BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders gives us her view.
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Evan Davis on... computers vs jobs
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... computers vs jobsWith technology advancing and jobs depleting Evan Davis, presenter of The Bottom Line, discusses the role of computers in the workplace.
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Evan Davis on... casual travel
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... casual travelLiving in a hyper mobile era has allowed us to travel the world, Evan Davis presenter of The Bottom Line guides us through casual travel.
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Evan Davis on... corporate profit margins
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... corporate profit marginsThe Bottom Line’s Evan Davis accounts for the prices charged by companies and explains the corporate profit margin.
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Evan Davis on... company rules
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... company rulesDo we need rules in the work place? The Bottom Line's Evan Davis ponders over a workplace without rules.
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Evan Davis on... expensive brands
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... expensive brandsThe Bottom Line’s Evan Davies demystifies the ‘magic’ behind expensive brands.
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Evan Davis on... cartels
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... cartelsThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis gets behind the mystery of cartels and whether they benefit the customer or the company.
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Evan Davis on... meetings
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... meetingsThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davies shows how business meetings are more productive than we realise.
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Evan Davis on... skills against attitude
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... skills against attitudeThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis explains why there's a need to train students' approach to work, in order to win the battle of skills against attitude.
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Evan Davis on... nothing new
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... nothing newAfter The Bottom Line looked at creativity in business, Evan Davis suggested that change is not a series of eureka moments, but a process of incremental engineering.
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Evan Davis on... newspapers
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... newspapersIs deathless prose on dead trees a dying industry? The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis reads the future for newspapers.
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Evan Davis on... constructive negative feedback
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... constructive negative feedbackAfter The Bottom Line looked at management, Evan Davis suggested there's a real value in constructive negative feedback.
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Evan Davis on... market position
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... market positionAfter The Bottom Line looked at markets, Evan Davis explained why success can depend on a careful consideration of market position.
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Evan Davis on... alpha male bosses
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... alpha male bossesAfter The Bottom Line looked at management styles, Evan Davis asked if the swaggering boss of 1970s sitcoms still exists. Do offices still boast alpha male bosses?
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Evan Davis on... market power
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... market powerThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis considers whether we're just puppets dependent upon the string-pulling of market power?
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Evan Davis on... discounting
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... discountingWhen sales fall, should prices follow suit? The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis considers discounting.
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Evan Davis on... the right size
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the right sizeEconomies of scale are well known - but for The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis, sometimes small can be the right size.
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Evan Davis on... successful successions
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... successful successionsThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis has a scheme that could help ensure departing managers keep their minds on securing a successful succession.
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Evan Davis on... American capitalism
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... American capitalismIsn't pizza an Italian invention? After The Bottom Line looked at pizza, Evan Davis wonders how it joined hamburgers and cappuccino as successes for American capitalism.
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Evan Davis on... cycle length
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... cycle lengthThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis asks how long economists view economic cycles as lasting.
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Evan Davis on... market prices
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... market pricesThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis asks why, if it's supposed to be the mechanism for determining value, are market prices so often clearly in the wrong place?
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Evan Davis on... consultants
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... consultantsThey're not universally adored, but The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis offers some words in defence of consultants.
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Evan Davis on... improving IT
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... improving ITIT is changing the way we live our lives - and, says The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis, the doctor's surgery is just one place it's happening.
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Evan Davis on... Tobin's Q
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... Tobin's QAfter The Bottom Line looked at share prices, Evan Davis explained the economic theory behind share prices: but can we believe Tobin's Q?
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Evan Davis on... the scale of WPP
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the scale of WPPThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis asks if there's risk as well as wisdom in the scale of WPP.
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Evan Davis on... hindsight
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... hindsightThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis discovers that you find out more about psychology when you ask about hindsight.
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Evan Davis on... the future of advertising
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the future of advertisingThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis wonders what shape sales messages might take in the future of advertising.
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Evan Davis on... the price point
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the price pointThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis gets behind the mystery of how companies fix their prices.
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Evan Davis on.... negative feedback loops
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on.... negative feedback loopsThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis wonders if fear of a stuck economy can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Evan Davis on... hedge funds
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... hedge fundsAfter The Bottom Line looked at hedge funds, Evan Davis suggests that a long view is needed to decide on their effectiveness.
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Evan Davis on... the money in brands
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the money in brandsHow do you put a price on sentiment? The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis explores the money in brands.
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Evan Davis on... negotiation
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... negotiationThe Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis reflects on how the panel came to a consensus on negotiation.
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Evan Davis on... commercial property
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... commercial propertyEvan Davis asks if you spot a bubble in the making by keeping an eye on the prices of commercial property.
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Evan Davis on... the WalMart effect
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the WalMart effectAfter The Bottom Line looked at WalMart, Evan Davis was keen to find out what a declining economy has done to the WalMart effect.
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Evan Davis on... the GE Empire
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... the GE EmpireAfter The Bottom Line looked at General Electric, Evan Davis considers whether being a massive conglomerate makes sense in the current climate.
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Evan Davis on... instinct or analysis
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... instinct or analysisThe Bottom Line considers whether the way your company is structured may be a key influence on how you take decisions.
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Evan Davis on... cost-cutting
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... cost-cuttingAfter The Bottom Line looked at cost cutting, Evan Davis asked How easy was it to persuade the panel to identify what they might cut to face up to the downturn?
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Evan Davis on... trade-offs
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... trade-offsEvan Davis talks about trade-offs in the world of economics and business
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Evan Davis on... positive thinking
Watch now to access more details of Evan Davis on... positive thinkingEvan Davis discusses positive thinking. Is it better to be optimistic in business, or realistic?
Level: 1 Introductory
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