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
Evan asks what are the advantages of being next door to the competition?
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Evan Davis on... being dynamic
Evan 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
Evan 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
Evan 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
In 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
Evan 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
Evan 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
Evan 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
Evan highlights the negative connotations of 'lobbying' and asks whether the public really should be worried.
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Evan Davis on... reaction time
Evan suggests companies and business markets should pre-act rather than react to financial events.
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Evan Davis on... talent
Evan evaluates the high-maintenance stars of business against talented teams
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Evan Davis on... regulation
Evan discusses the benefits and losses of regulation for the customer
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Evan Davis on... customers
Evan unpicks the old adage 'The customer is always right'
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Evan Davis on... advertising
Evan questions the fast pace of business life and the power of advertising
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Evan Davis on... online publishing
Evan explores the problems associated with new technologies and online magazine publishing
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Evan Davis on... planning for luck
Evan Davis believes that there's skill in how you deal with luck
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Evan Davis on... trusting PR
A 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
Can 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
Evan Davis from The Bottom Line gives us his opinion on creative accounting.
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Evan Davis on... accountants
Balancing 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
Evan Davis from The Bottom Line explains the importance of staff trust when cutting costs.
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Evan Davis on... entertainment on internet
Evan Davis from The Bottom Line talks us through the future of entertainment on the internet.
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Evan Davis on... clustering
Evan 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
Evan Davis from The Bottom Line gives us his view on financial innovation.
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Evan Davis on... language
The 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
Sometimes, 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.
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Evan Davis on... the future of money
Why 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.
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Evan Davis on... low income consumers
Does capitalism benefit low income consumers? Evan Davis, presenter of The Bottom Line, gives us his view.
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Evan Davis on... technology
Coming 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
Sometimes 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
The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis talks us through his negative feedback solution.
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Stephanie Flanders on... online business
BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders explores the relationship between the internet and business.
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Evan Davis on... pedestrian crossings
Evan 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
How 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
With 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
Living 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
The 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
Do 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
The Bottom Line’s Evan Davies demystifies the ‘magic’ behind expensive brands.
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Evan Davis on... cartels
The 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... customer satisfaction
The Bottom Line's Evan Davis rationalises customer satisfaction and why some products will always fall short of expectations
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Evan Davis on... meetings
The 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
The 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
After 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... virtual companies
You can go too far with outsourcing, says The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis. You need to keep some knowledge, even in a virtual company.
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Evan Davis on... newspapers
Is 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
After 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
After 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
After 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
The 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
When sales fall, should prices follow suit? The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis considers discounting.
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Evan Davis on... the right size
Economies 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
The 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
Isn'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
The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis asks how long economists view economic cycles as lasting.
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Evan Davis on... market prices
The 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
They'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... compliance
The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis explores suggestions that compliance has been taken too far.
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Evan Davis on... improving IT
IT 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
After 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
The 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
The 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
The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis wonders what shape sales messages might take in the future of advertising.
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Evan Davis on... SpinVox
The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davies shows why gathering information is a good investment - as in the case of Spinvox.
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Evan Davis on... the price point
The 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
The 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... Microsoft's future
The Bottom Line presenter Evan Davis asks if planning to innovate can ensure success for Microsoft's future
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Evan Davis on... hedge funds
After 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
How 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
The 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
Evan 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
After 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
After 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
The 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
After 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
Evan Davis talks about trade-offs in the world of economics and business
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Evan Davis on... positive thinking
Evan Davis discusses positive thinking. Is it better to be optimistic in business, or realistic?
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