o:29297 Factor determination and reverse logistics modeling en Summary 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 decade, due to a growing number of business entities it affects 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 models. After defining the very term of reverse logistics, the carried out 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 empirically confirmed- the contemporary reverse logistics model. The aim of this paper is threefold. First, to explain the evolution of the meaning of reverse logistics. Second, to revise the two approaches which most comprehensively define the set of factors considered to be of most importance for the reverse logistics management. Thirdly, it is necessary to compare the factors identified within the theoretical model, with the ones generated empirically, in order to see the similarities and certain differences among them. Key words: Reverse logistics management, Reverse logistics factors, the Carter-Ellram model, the contemporary reverse logistics model 1552099 10.22598/pi-be/2020.14.1.109 1552101 1846-3355 2023-05-10T13:38:51.265Z 44 no 46 Slobodan Aćimović Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet 12754791 0000-0003-3112-3268 Veljko Mijušković Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet person 13834855 0000-0002-0668-8614 Iva Vuksanović Herceg Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet person 13836391 0000-0002-5892-7648 application/pdf 773086 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:29297 no yes 17 70 92000002 11A03 Poslovna izvrsnost 14 1 109 133 2020