Sponsored post Economies across the globe are witnessing a new industrial model, built on the integration of digital technologies and physical systems—from value chains and logistics to production. Near-ubiquitous mobile technology, artificial intelligence and robotics have already created new and expanding industries. New sectors are taking shape around the “internet of things”, self-driving vehicles, 3D printing and quantum computing. The boundaries between biology and technology are also changing, through nano and biotechnology, new uses of big data and artificial intelligence. Historically, the global economy has been transformed by three successive industrial revolutions: in the first, engineering and power generation, through technology like the steam engine, led to basic mechanical automation; in the second industrial revolution, industrialization and manufacturing allowed the spread of new technologies; in the third, electronic automation—including the advent of computers and the internet—transformed communication and allowed new levels of economic integration.