Reverse logistics in Czech companies: Increasing interest in performance measurement

Management Research Review

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 676-692

  Škapa, Radoslav ^a   Klapalová, Alena ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Performance measurement; Performance measures; Reverse flows; Reverse logistics; Survey results

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863461358     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171211247686     Document Type: Article

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