Title: Profit Patterns: 30 Ways to Anticipate and Profit from Strategic Forces Reshaping Your Business
Authors: Adrian J. Slywotzky; David J. Morrison; Ted Moser; Kevin A. Mundt; James A. Quella
Publication date (US): March 16, 1999 (Crown Business). UK edition by Wiley (May 6, 1999).
Pages (US/UK): 448 pp. (Crown); ~432–464 pp. (Wiley) — varies by printing/format.
Value for PMs & founders (problem it solves)
A pattern-based strategy handbook to spot where profit will migrate as industries shift—across value chains, channels, platforms, products, knowledge assets, and org design—so teams can make bold, timely moves rather than react late.
Summary
Presents 30+ repeatable patterns (with ~100 diagrams) grouped into seven families (Mega, Value-Chain, Customer, Channel, Product, Knowledge, Organizational). Each pattern describes the economics behind emerging profit pools and suggests offensive/defensive plays. The book is a companion to The Profit Zone.
3 community-reported takeaways (with sources)
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Build a pattern library for your market: recognizing familiar shapes lets you anticipate strategic shifts and act earlier. AbeBooks
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Most profit shifts happen outside the feature set—in channels and value chains (integration, disintermediation, platforms). Product Bookshelf
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Seven families clarify action—classifying signals into Mega/Value-Chain/Customer/Channel/Product/Knowledge/Org helps prioritize bets and counters. Scribd
Buy online (FR & international)
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Amazon (US) — Crown Business, 448 pp., March 1999. Amazon
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Barnes & Noble (US) — 1999 hardcover (specs vary by format). Biblio
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Bookshop.org — US/UK independents (specs vary). Product Bookshelf
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AbeBooks — listings for Crown (US, 1999) and Wiley (UK, 1999) editions. AbeBooks UK
Author of Impact Factories / Co-founder of Shy Robotics and Product Whys / Head of Product at Dassault Systèmes / Engineer passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship
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