“Industrie 2025” is an initiative to anchor the vision of industry 4.0 in Swiss small and medium enterprises. The working group “Thinking in Digital Business Models” focuses on digital business models and develops pragmatic methods for their implementation. IPG Group is proudly an active partner in this working group.

Silicon Valley is still the major player even though it is losing ground in terms of fast-growing start-ups. Silicon Valley based tech companies brought in a total of 12.000 deals since 2012, more than twice as many as the number two, the New York area. Similar for funding, Silicon Valley companies brought in a total of $140 billions with Beijing being next in line at $75 billions.