Erica Plambeck

The Charles A. Holloway Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology at Stanford Graduate School of Business

Biography

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Research Statement

Erica Plambeck is an expert in manufacturing operations and supply chain management, and her current research focuses on environmental sustainability.

Bio

Erica Plambeck is the Charles A. Holloway Professor of Operations, Information & Technology in the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment. She teaches the MBA core course in Operations Management and an elective, Environmental Entrepreneurship, that draws together MBAs and graduate students from across the Stanford campus. Erica received the Presidential Early Career Award for research in supply chain management, and was recognized as a Faculty Pioneer in social and environmental stewardship by WRI and the Aspen Institute. Erica grew up in the Midwest, received a BS in Mathematics and Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, developed decision-models for EU climate change policy as a Marshall Scholar at Cambridge University, and received her PhD in Engineering Economic Systems and Operations Research from Stanford University.

Academic Degrees

  • PhD, Engineering Economic Systems and Operations Research, Stanford University, 2000
  • Diploma, Economics, London School of Economics, 1996
  • M.Phil, Management Studies, University of Cambridge, 1995
  • BS, Industrial Engineering and Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, 1994

Academic Appointments

  • The Charles A. Holloway Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford GSB, 2015-2016
  • Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford GSB, 2010-2015
  • Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford GSB, 2005-2010
  • Associate Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford GSB, 2004-2009
  • Assistant Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford GSB, 2000-2004
  • Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for Environment, Stanford University, 2005-2015

Awards and Honors

  • Dhirubhai Ambani Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship for 2021–22

Courses Taught

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Cases

Water Funds: Financing Nature’s Ability to Protect Water Supplies | OIT104 Gretchen Daily, David Hoyt, Erica Plambeck2011

ZETA Communities - Part A | E404A Andrea Larson, Raymond Levitt, Erica Plambeck, Sara Rosenthal2011

ZETA Communities - Part B | E404B Andrea Larson, Raymond Levitt, Erica Plambeck, Sara Rosenthal2011

American Electric Power: Investing in Forest Conservation | OIT96 Gretchen Daily, Sara Leslie, Erica Plambeck2010

Wal-Mart's Sustainability Strategy (C): Inventory Management in the Seafood Supply Chain | OIT71C Lyn Denend, Erica Plambeck2010

Walmart's Sustainability Strategy (B): 2010 Update | OIT71B Lyn Denend, Erica Plambeck2010

Ma Jun and the IPE: Using Information to Improve China’s Environment | SI115 Hau Lee, Erica Plambeck, Maria Shao2009

Environmental Enhancements in Road Vehicle Technologies | OIT74 Lyn Denend, Erica Plambeck, Fraser Stark2008

Khosla Ventures, Investing in Ethanol | E229 Erica Plambeck, Joshua Spitzer2007

Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Strategy (A) | OIT71A Lyn Denend, Erica Plambeck2007

A Technical Note on Ethanol as a Motor Fuel | OIT52 Erica Plambeck, Joshua Spitzer2006

FedEx and Environmental Defense: Building a Hybrid Delivery Fleet | SI82 David Hoyt, Erica Plambeck2006

Environmental Product Differentiation by the Hayward Lumber Company | OIT38 Magali Delmas, Erica Plambeck, Monifa Porter2004

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