Abstract The issue of reverse logistics management has been the subject of scientific and practical attention for a few decades now. An additional interest for this topic has arisen during the last ten years, due to a rising number of business entities it affects, the change of paradigm within the supply chain and the insight into the strategic potential of adequately managing the reverse logistics flows. Up to now, practical research and empirical confirmation regarding reverse logistics management has been scarce, and the question of defining elements, i.e. factors which determine the reverse logistics flows has remained without a complete answer. In time, various authors have tried to solve this question by setting certain guidelines and models which comprehensively show factors considered to be of key importance for the realization of the reverse logistics flows. The subject of this paper is to analyze in depth such existing global models. The model analysis respects the dynamic time component, first focusing on the theoretical model in this area- the Carter-Ellram model, and later on to the one confirmed in practice- the contemporary reverse logistics model. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, to revise in detail the two approaches which show in the most comprehensive way which set of factors are considered to be of most importance for the reverse logistics management. Second, it is necessary to compare the factors identified within the first, theoretical model, with the ones generated through empirical research, in order to see similarities and certain differences among them. Trade Perspectives 2019 : business model innovations in domestic and international trade All rights reserved The comparative analysis of chosen global models of reverse logistics management application/pdf 482817 bytes https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:29101 info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceProceedings eng 2019 Key words: Reverse logistics management, Reverse logistics factors, the Carter-Ellram model, the contemporary reverse logistics model Aćimović, Slobodan Mijušković, Veljko M. Vuksanović Herceg, Iva