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World Service,01 Aug 2013,17 mins

Brains, Bras and GDP

Business Daily

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Manuela Saragosa looks at the role scientific research plays in the Spanish economy. Madrid correspondent Tom Burridge speaks to one scientist who is planning to take his research overseas. Also, we size up the changing market for bras with the British Queen's lingerie suppliers Rigby and Peller. Plus, Dr Michael Porter explains why GDP is not the best way to measure a country's economic activity.

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