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The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, the Bottom Line cuts through confusion, statistics and spin to present a clearer view of the business world, through discussion with peop...le running leading and emerging companies. The ruthless former chief executive of General Electric, Jack Welch, often held up as a model of business leadership, pursued a strategy to establish each of General Electric's businesses as either number one or number two in the market. Without this approach, he believed the company's prospects would be bleak. Some companies will do anything to be big, even if it means cutting prices and making less money. Other businesses are happy to be smaller and more profitable. Which strategy wins? The panel also discusses corporate claptrap. Silly jargon, faddish ideas and vacuous ideas - why is the business world so keen on nonsense? Evan is joined in the studio by Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur and business investor; Keith Clarke, chief executive of FTSE 250 civil engineering and design consultancy Atkins; Hugh Hendry, hedge fund manager and co-founder of Eclectica Asset Management.
The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, the Bottom Line cuts through confusion, statistics and spin to present a clearer view of the business world, through discussion with peop...le running leading and emerging companies. The ruthless former chief executive of General Electric, Jack Welch, often held up as a model of business leadership, pursued a strategy to establish each of General Electric's businesses as either number one or number two in the market. Without this approach, he believed the company's prospects would be bleak. Some companies will do anything to be big, even if it means cutting prices and making less money. Other businesses are happy to be smaller and more profitable. Which strategy wins? The panel also discusses corporate claptrap. Silly jargon, faddish ideas and vacuous ideas - why is the business world so keen on nonsense? Evan is joined in the studio by Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur and business investor; Keith Clarke, chief executive of FTSE 250 civil engineering and design consultancy Atkins; Hugh Hendry, hedge fund manager and co-founder of Eclectica Asset Management.
| Series: | The bottom line; Series 6 |
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| Episode | 2 |
| First transmission date: | 02-10-2010 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2010 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:55 |
| Note: | BBC News Channel version. Tx 3-10-2010 on the BBC News Channel;BBC Radio 4 on 2-10-2010 |
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| Producer: | Neil Koenig |
| Presenter: | Evan Davis |
| Contributors: | Keith Clarke; Evan Davis; Hugh Hendry; Deborah Meaden |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Radio 4 website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006sz6t BBC News website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hzc0h/episodes/guide |
| Production number: | JOUA597H |
| Videofinder number: | 81922 |
| Available to public: | no |
