Abstract Business models have being designed, worldwide, to create sustainability competencies and in particular to incorporate reverse logistics, but Brazilian executives have not yet fully adhered to Law 12,305 on solid waste and reverse logistics. What would be the Brazilian executives' perception about reverse logistics competency and the support provided by a collaborative and IT competency? The objective of the paper is to investigate the effects of collaboration and IT competency in developing reverse logistics competency, as a strategy, and its consequences in economic and environmental performance. A survey was performed with 320 Brazilian supply chain executives and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling. The models demonstrated that collaboration has a direct positive influence on the development of reverse logistics competency, by executives' point of view. The moderation effect between collaboration and IT competency for reverse logistics was not confirmed, since it was adopted a strategic view of reverse logistics. Therefore, despite there was not a moderation effect, IT presented a lower direct effect on reverse logistics competency. Results reinforce that organizations that develop reverse logistics competency tend to improve their economic and environmental performances.

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协作和 IT 能力对逆向物流能力的影响 - 来自巴西供应链高管的证据

摘要 全球范围内都在设计商业模式，以建立可持续发展能力，特别是纳入逆向物流，但巴西高管尚未完全遵守有关固体废物和逆向物流的第 12,305 号法律。巴西高管对逆向物流能力以及协作和 IT 能力提供的支持有何看法？本文的目的是调查协作和 IT 能力在发展逆向物流能力方面的影响（作为一项战略）及其对经济和环境绩效的影响。对 320 名巴西供应链高管进行了一项调查，并使用结构方程模型进行了分析。这些模型表明，从高管的角度来看，协作对逆向物流能力的发展具有直接的积极影响。逆向物流的协作和 IT 能力之间的调节效应尚未得到证实，因为它采用了逆向物流的战略观点。因此，尽管不存在调节效应，但 IT 对逆向物流能力的直接影响较低。结果表明，发展逆向物流能力的组织往往会提高其经济和环境绩效。