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Table 1

Example of coding structure

Representative quotes from the articles	Open codes (analytical categories)	Axial codes (structural dimensions)	Selective codes
Barriers namely, insufficient government policies, ( …. .) stimulate each other and also drive all other barriers (Ambekar et al., 2022) The industry demand and government's environmental regulations for reverse logistics in the future will force the firms to come up with innovative IT capabilities that can manage the RL operations efficiently (Ambekar et al., 2022)	Lack of legislation and policies	Government barriers	Barriers to the effective implementation of RL
Insufficient motivation from the government such as less incentives, more taxation and low rebates, etc (Ambekar et al., 2022) the lack of governmental support intervenes in situations such as (…) the absence of supervision of the imposed laws, the absence of tax or economic incentives (loan for green alternatives) programs and, in the aspects of politics conduction, ( …. ) (Silva et al., 2021) the SA government should consider providing “incentives” to contractors, thereby encouraging some best RL practices (Chileshe et al., 2015)	Lack of tax or economic incentives for RLSCs
Barriers namely, ( …. .) unavailability of standard codes stimulate each other and also drive all other barriers (Ambekar et al., 2022)	Absence of standards and codes for reprocessed materials and products

Representative quotes from the articles	Open codes (analytical categories)	Axial codes (structural dimensions)	Selective codes
Barriers namely, insufficient government policies, ( …. .) stimulate each other and also drive all other barriers (Ambekar et al., 2022)The industry demand and government's environmental regulations for reverse logistics in the future will force the firms to come up with innovative IT capabilities that can manage the RL operations efficiently (Ambekar et al., 2022)	Lack of legislation and policies	Government barriers	Barriers to the effective implementation of RL
Insufficient motivation from the government such as less incentives, more taxation and low rebates, etc (Ambekar et al., 2022)the lack of governmental support intervenes in situations such as (…) the absence of supervision of the imposed laws, the absence of tax or economic incentives (loan for green alternatives) programs and, in the aspects of politics conduction, ( …. ) (Silva et al., 2021)the SA government should consider providing “incentives” to contractors, thereby encouraging some best RL practices (Chileshe et al., 2015)	Lack of tax or economic incentives for RLSCs
Barriers namely, ( …. .) unavailability of standard codes stimulate each other and also drive all other barriers (Ambekar et al., 2022)	Absence of standards and codes for reprocessed materials and products

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