Season 1
- 1Doomed Designs9 May 2011
- 2Marketing Mess-Ups16 May 2011
- 3Disastrous Decisions19 May 2011
Evan Davis tells the stories of some of the world’s most momentous business disasters Britain’s best-loved economist delves into the nightmares that can engulf a business in three crucial areas:product design and manufacture; marketing and public relations and strategic decision-making. From the spectacular unpopularity of ‘New Coke’ to Persil’s clothes-eating washing powder; from Apple’s awkward handling of a minor defect in the iPhone4, to Sir Freddie Laker’s over-hasty expansion of his fledg…