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The Business Book

Adult • Business • Strategic Management
Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas)
Summarizes ideas of key thinkers Visual layout enhances understanding Addresses financial and branding challenges Step-by-step business strategies Alternative models for entrepreneurs

The Business Book is an overview guide to business, management, and commerce that uses striking illustrations, graphics, charts, timelines, and graphs to explain core concepts. It presents up to 100 quotations from business thinkers and offers step-by-step summaries, mind maps, and real-life examples to illustrate alternative business models and stages of business strategy.

The book introduces would-be entrepreneurs and general readers to practical hurdles such as finding a market gap, securing finance, employing people, and creating a brand. It summarizes seminal ideas from figures like Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Porter, and Meredith Belbin in an accessible, visual layout.

A visual overview that introduces would-be entrepreneurs to business hurdles, key thinkers like Gladwell, Porter, and Belbin, and practical models for starting and running enterprises.
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Book details

Publisher
DK
Publication date
April 21, 2026
Print length
360 pages
Language
English
ISBN
9798217311217

Business + Strategic Management

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What to Know Before Reading The Business Book

Book focuses on a clear, visual presentation of business concepts and practical challenges that new and existing entrepreneurs face. Much of the setup centers on management tools, alternative business models, and stages of strategy from start-up to delivering goods. The book emphasizes graphics, quotations, charts, timelines, and real-life marketplace examples. This may appeal more to someone who prefers visual summaries and concise explanations of established business ideas and frameworks.

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G-NRIS™ identifies The Business Book primarily as Business, Management, and Non-fiction. Its strongest themes include Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Management Techniques, and Innovation and Market Entry. Prominent narrative patterns include Illustrated Guide, Real-life Examples, Step-by-step Summaries, and Quotations from Experts.

About the author

DK

DK

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in heavily illustrated, visually driven non-fiction and reference books for adults and children.

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