They would choose their wealth building roles, set their goals, have written guidelines, meet regularly to support each other, and adapt their plan to changing circumstances.

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Keynesian economics, which preceded neoclassical economics as a guiding principle in the United States for nearly 40 years, championed a vision where the public and private sectors played complementary roles in building value in the economy.

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One answer is to seek new roles: cyber-defence, and building ties with India and China.

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In contrast, 32% indicated that they had done some restructuring of the IT department, and nearly half of those companies had built new roles related to cloud computing, such as workers skilled in building private clouds or departmental liaisons who understand the needs of various lines of business.

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One can envision these new players in the industry will assume leadership in specific roles within the value chain: Intel-like semiconductor companies building the LED chips, and equivalents of a PC motherboard manufacturer like ASUS packaging the chips into devices that will be used in a variety of end-use lighting applications.

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Since the building began, the bank says it has won "significant" advisory and financing roles with global clients.

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