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 the most frequent barriers are resistance to change, and the need of expertise for the operation. Implications of these findings for promotion strategies at the EDI National Committee level are discussed