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“Virtual reality is the technology of the future. It will change peo- ple’s lives. Imagine—Mexico is in a World Cup match in Russia, but your kids can watch it from home as if they were right there in the stadium. Today in Mexico,
the government works together with private industry to in- vest in VR. For example, there is so much beauty, so much to see in Mexico, and VR is a great way to show it off.” —HS Jo, President, Samsung Electronics México
“Among the great strategic assets that Mexico has in terms of its economic policy are its fiscal and monetary discipline and the autonomy of the Bank of Mexico. Our executive branch understands that the Bank of Mexico has autonomy, and the Sec- retary of Finance has fiscal discipline as a target, both of which are instrumental to Mexico’s stability going forward.”
—Ricardo Haneine, Partner, A.T. Kearney His- pano-America
With millennials, the problem is financial education. The challenge is how to reach them and explain that the sooner they start saving, the better.
—Fernando Solís, CEO, Seguros Banorte
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“Some countries are com- ing to the conclusion that globalization is not good for them—first you had Brexit, and now you have Trump. To me, it seems a little back-
ward. The world is already very globalized; companies simply don’t operate in a single country. The big winners today—Google, Apple, Facebook—are companies of a new generation. There’s no going back to the 1970s.” —Luis Berrondo Ávalos, President & CEO, Grupo Mabe
“Under President Peña Nieto, the support given to science and technolo- gy has seen an unprec- edented increase: up
26 percent compared to
2012. Today, the main investor in R&D is the government, with 68 percent of
the total. This has a leverage effect on private industry and will encourage entrepreneurs to invest. Within 10 years, we hope that the corporate sector will become the primary investor in R&D.”
—Dr. Enrique Cabrero Mendoza, Director General, Na- tional Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT)