This book deals with reverse logistics from the economical point of view. Various types of losses occurring in this business system can diminish the performance of the system and thus the competitiveness of the whole company. These losses are the main focus of this book. The book aims to define the research problems; more specifically the bottlenecks restraining the value recovery from reverse flows. The text is organized in three parts: The first one deals with performance measurement of reverse logistics, the second elaborates on outsourcing, and the third deals with the informational system
