Reverse logistics as sustainable tool in tourism industry:
scope and motivation

D 2013

Reverse logistics as sustainable tool in tourism industry: scope and motivation

ŠKAPA, Radoslav

Basic information

Original name

Reverse logistics as sustainable tool in tourism industry: scope and motivation

Authors

ŠKAPA, Radoslav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1. vyd. Peniche, Portugal, VI International Tourism Congress - the Image and Sustainability of Tourist Destinations, p. nečíslováno, 22 pp. 2013

Publisher

School of tourism and maritime technology

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

50600 5.6 Political science

Country of publisher

Portugal

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

References:

Elektronická verze sborníku

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/13:00066707

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

ISBN

978-989-97395-1-2

Keywords in English

reverse logistics; reverse flows; sustainability; exploratory research

Abstract

V originále

The paper deals with activities labeled as reverse logistics (RL). It is generally accepted that RL plays an important part in greening of companies, because the aim of RL is to retrieve value from reverse flows (such as products scraps, production waste, packaging, returned products, etc.) that would otherwise be lost. RL covers activities like recycling, remanufacturing, or repairing to close the loop of material flows in a supply chain. Hundreds of papers were published on RL, but just tiny quantity of them focused on service industries. What is important, the largely intangible character of service products in tourism calls for modification of concepts used in RL, as majority of its concepts and models were suggested within manufacturing context. Thus, the papers’ aim is to analyze the specifics of RL in tourism industry. It focuses on the question what the reverse flows in tourism consists of – what are their tangible as well as intangible elements. In the second step it discusses the factors and the motives specific for tourism that shape RL in this industry. The presented findings are a part of an exploratory-descriptive research focusing on the approach of companies to RL in Czech Republic and are based on collected data for 87 firms operating in tourism and travel-related services (hotels, restaurants, travel agencies).

Links

GA13-14704S, research and development project

Name: Řízení zpětných toků jako prostředek tvorby hodnoty

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Reverse Flows Management as a Means of Value Creation

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ŠKAPA, Radoslav. Reverse logistics as sustainable tool in tourism industry: scope and motivation. Online. In João Paulo Jorge. VI International Tourism Congress - the Image and Sustainability of Tourist Destinations. 1st ed. Peniche, Portugal: School of tourism and maritime technology, 2013, p. nečíslováno, 22 pp. ISBN 978-989-97395-1-2.

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ŠKAPA, Radoslav. Reverse logistics as sustainable tool in tourism industry: scope and motivation. Online. In João Paulo Jorge. \textit{VI International Tourism Congress - the Image and Sustainability of Tourist Destinations}. 1st ed. Peniche, Portugal: School of tourism and maritime technology, 2013, p.~nečíslováno, 22 pp. ISBN~978-989-97395-1-2.

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