Peter Day's World of Business

Peter Day makes a return visit to BYD in Shenzhen, in the Pearl River Delta to meet it’s founder, Wang Chuanfu the man with big ambitions to be the number one car manufacturer in the world by 2020. Producer: Julie Ball Editor: Stephen Chilcott

One of the world's most influential business professors thinks it is time for companies completely to redefine their relationship with society. Prof Michael Porter of Harvard Business School tells Peter Day about the radical changes in corporate operations and responsibilities he is calling for. Producer : Sandra Kanthal Editor: Stephen Chilcott

In the first of a short series of programmes, Peter Day reports from China. This week - the dispossessed. In the past 30 years China’s great economic modernisation programme has required many people to move – to provide a workforce for the thousands of factories producing goods for the global market and for big domestic infrastructure projects like the 3 Gorges Dam and now the South to North Water Diversion project. Producer: Julie Ball Editor: Stephen Chilcott

It is a long time since Britain ruled the maritime world, and North Sea oil has peaked. But ocean transport is still a vital UK activity and wind and water power are making big waves around our shores. Peter Day takes the helm of a container ship to find out what British sea power means today. Producer: Jo Mathys Editor: Stephen Chilcott

Britain's pharmaceutical giants invest millions in the search for better cures but has it worked? Producer: Sandra Kanthal Editor: Stephen Chilcott

The vast national urbanisation plan to take Chinese people out of poverty leaves behind many who are dispossessed of land and homes, or see their farms drowned by huge new water and power projects. Peter Day hears about some of the problems caused by China's rush for prosperity. Producer: Julie Ball Editor: Stephen Chilcott

The United States auto industry has just limped through the biggest industrial car crash in history. The Ford Motor Company has an industry outsider, Alan Mulally, at the helm as its new chief executive. He tells Peter Day how he changed the way Ford works and it is now back in the business of selling cars. Producer: Caroline Bayley Editor: Stephen Chilcott

Peter Day hears a challenge to capitalism from one of the most influential business thinkers in the world. Producer: Richard Berenger Editor: Stephen Chilcott

Mark Anderson takes a look ahead at 10 of the key things he thinks will prove to be significant over the coming 12 months. Producer: Richard Berenger Editor: Stephen Chilcott

New places are leaping to prominence in the pampered world of luxury. Peter Day hears from some of the people behind the extraordinary hunger for luxury in Asia. Producer: Sandra Kanthal & Neil Koenig Editor: Stephen Chilcott

Peter Day hears from the Chief Executive of Oxfam, Dame Barbara Stocking. Producer: Richard Berenger Editor: Stephen Chilcott

As the Euroland crisis spreads from one country to another, In Business joins forces with The Report to examine what's happening and why it matters. The Report investigates the fallout from the Irish collapse on the British economy and then Peter Day is joined by a distinguished panel to discuss the future of the euro.

Why are they no really large not for profit organisations? Peter Day hears why from two Harvard Business School professors: Allen Grossman and Robert Kaplan. They argue that the non profit sector needs to adopt many of the features of the marketplace, so efficient organisations can grow, while less efficient ones dwindle, just like companies do. Producer: Richard Berenger Editor: Stephen Chilcott

Britain's pharmaceutical companies have invested hundreds of millions of pounds in a search for new drugs and treatments which has not delivered the breakthroughs that were promised when the money was spent. It's a problem for the whole global industry, too. Peter Day asks if there are better ways of undertaking this quest for a cure. Producer: Sandra Kanthal Editor: Stephen Chilcott

Peter Day asks two expert witnesses to compare the two countries vying for the position of number one in the world economy: India and China. Is it a race, and if so, which of them will win? Producer: Richard Berenger Editor: Stephen Chilcott

The revolution in the operating theatre is only just beginning, but robotic surgery could change the way we think about healthcare ... and the way surgeons work. Peter Day looks at what surgeons are able to achieve with robots now and at the proto-types for healthcare in the future. He asks how significant these advances could be for health in Britain and for British business and hears from the robot pioneers: surgeons, engineers and business people. Producer: Caroline Bayley Editor: Stephen Chilcott

In the middle of a recession renewed economic growth is always considered the great panacea that will get us out of the mess we are in. However, is this really the way to tackle the problems of a finite world? Peter Day wonders if our reliance on growth is a snare and a delusion. Producer: Sandra Kanthal Editor: Stephen Chilcott

In the middle of a recession renewed economic growth is always considered the great panacea that will get us out of the mess we are in. However, is this really the way to tackle the problems of a finite world? Peter Day wonders if our reliance on growth is not a snare and a delusion. Producer: Sandra Kanthal Editor: Stephen Chilcott

The Singapore government is dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship. Peter Day takes a close look. Producers: Richard Berenger and Neil Koenig Editor: Stephen Chilcott

Peter Day hears about one of the world’s most buoyant movie industries from a someone right in the thick of it. Producer: Richard Berenger Editor: Stephen Chilcott