Abstract
The current research attempts to determine the role of some activities of reverse logistics including recycling, repair, refurbishment, reuse, re-manufacturing in the sustainability of competitive advantages at the level of Mosul Steel and Iron Company. The research problem focused on answering the main question is the activities of reverse logistics have the role in achieving sustainable competitive advantages of the organization? The objective of the research is to provide a conceptual framework of reverse logistics activities; sustainable competitive advantage and the test of the correlation and influence among them. Forty three questionnaires were distrusted and analyzed using the SPSS program. A number of conclusions were reached; the most important of these is that there is a significant role for these activities in sustaining the competitive advantages by achieving the hypotheses of the research. A range of proposals were presented which might benefit the company's management.
