Reverse logistics in the Czech Republic: Barriers to development

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-370

  Škapa, Radoslav ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Management of reverse flows; Perception of barriers; Reverse logistics; Survey results

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960964514     PISSN: 12118516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11118/actaun201159040363     Document Type: Article

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