Stanford Graduate School of BusinessThe Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum and IPC

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1 February 2011

The Stanford Graduate Business School’s Global Supply Chain Management Forum and International Post Corporation hosted a senior-level roundtable in Stanford University in Palo Alto, California on Innovations in E-Commerce.

This one-day roundtable brought together leading online, offline and cross-channel retailers including eBay, Wal-Mart, Gap and Safeway, key  figures in the e-commerce value chain from the IT, logistics, and postal industries, as well as senior IPC executives and academics from the Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum.

Speakers at the roundtable were: Mark Carges, Chief Technology Officer, eBay; Chris Curtin, Vice President Digital Strategy, Corporate Marketing, Hewlett-Packard; Jane Dyer, Director Markets and Communication, International Post Corporation; Hau L. Lee, Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford University; Paul Vogel, President & Chief Marketing/Sales Officer, United States Postal Service, and Jin Whang, Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor of Operations, Information & Technology, Stanford University.

Documents and Presentations:

  • Executive Summary 
  • Agenda 
  • Attendees List
  • Introduction : Hau L. Lee, Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology
    Codirector, Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum, Stanford University
  • Key Research Findings : Jane Dyer, Director Markets and Communication, International Post Corporation
  • Initiatives to Promote E-commerce : Paul Vogel, President & Chief Marketing/Sales Officer, United States Postal Service
  • The Future of Shopping Is Now : Mark Carges, Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President eBay
  • Winning the Last Mile : Jin Whang, Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor of Operations, Information & Technology, Codirector, Stanford-National University of Singapore Executive Education Program in International Management, Stanford University