Overview of the NANOS Practice & Compensation Survey

NANOS leadership and the FTI Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy teamed together in an effort to obtain; the most complete information on practices and compensation across the diverse practice settings of NANOS; members. This was done to respond to members' requests for reliable benchmarks for Neuro-Ophthalmologic; compensation and productivity. The collaboration resulted in the NANOS Practice & Compensation Survey launch; in 2016; with the survey remaining open for member participation into 2017. The presentation will provide an; overview and summary of survey results

E-commerce last-mile in Belgium: Developing an external cost delivery index

Abstract: The rise in online B2C sales resulted in a fragmentation of freight shipments. Logistics service providers are challenged to cope with high competition, a consumer-driven economy, failed delivery issues, reverse logistics and environmental measures taken by policymakers, which are all putting pressure on the costs. The last-mile of these deliveries, widely accepted as the most expense part of the trip, is a trade-off between internal costs, externalities and the density of deliveries. Little is known so far about the actual impacts of e-commerce on transport and logistics on society. In this paper, we first analyse the spatial distribution of e-commerce deliveries during a 4-month period in Belgium. Next, we propose a methodology based on the total vehicle-kilometres travelled to calculate the external costs per parcel at the national level. The results show that despite the high urbanization in the country, the e-commerce consumption per capita is higher in rural areas while the total number of kilometres travelled remains similar to that in urban areas. While urban areas undergo most of the disadvantages related to the e-commerce last-mile, the average external cost per parcel was found to be higher in rural areas

Ethical judgement in UK business students: relationship with motivation, self-compassion and mental health.

There is growing awareness of mental health problems among UK business students, which appears to be exacerbated by students’ attitudes of shame toward mental health. This study recruited 138 UK business students and examined the relationship between mental health and shame, and mental health and potential protective factors such as self-compassion and motivation. A significant correlation between each of the constructs was observed and self-compassion was identified as an explanatory variable for mental health. Shame moderated the relationship between self-compassion and mental health. Integrating self-compassion training into business study programs may help to improve the mental health of this student group.N/