Growing pains: introducing EDI in Mexico

In today´s highly dynamic, unpredictably changing business environment, Mexican firms are facing the challenge of introducing electronic data interchange (EDI) for survival and for competitiveness. Results of research conducted to identify the barriers for EDI adoption in Mexican industry reveals that the main reason for the adoption is the pressure of major business partners and that most frequent barriers are change resistance, and the need of expertise for the operation. Implications of these findings for future research are discussed