How Business Works

How do businesses actually work? What is the difference between a balance sheet and an income statement? How does supply chain management function? What do economists mean by competitive advantage, and why do some industries consolidate into monopolies while others remain fragmented? DK’s How Business Works answers all of these questions — and hundreds more — in the clear, visual, authoritative style that has made the DK reference format the gold standard for making complex subjects accessible.

Covering economics, marketing, finance, strategy, management, and the fundamental principles of organisational behaviour, the book provides both the big-picture framework and the practical detail that any business student or professional needs. Case studies from real companies ground every concept in recognisable reality.

The ideal business education in a single volume — accessible to complete beginners and genuinely useful to experienced professionals who want to see their knowledge organised and contextualised. Published by DK.