The Bottom Line Episodes Episode guide
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Fast Fashion
How do fast fashion brands deliver the latest trends in double-quick time?
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Financial Engineering
Can clever maths create value from nothing? Evan Davis and guests look at modern finance.
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Sponsorship
Companies like BP and Aviva use sponsorship to promote their brands. How effective is it?
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Going Public
Royal Mail, Saga and the AA have all floated on the stock market. How must they adapt?
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Crisis at VW: A Bottom Line Special
The Volkswagen crisis discussed by Evan Davis and guests.
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Art and the Business of Taste
Who decides what art is worth? Evan Davis talks to a panel including artist Grayson Perry.
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Supermarkets
Food deflation, more discount grocers and continuing price wars, who wins long term?
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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?
