About
The focus of CCIMS will vary over time based on industry and faculty input. This ensures the Center is focused on identifying and facilitating work in areas deemed most important to the marketing profession.
“I was impressed with how thorough the students’ work and thinking was on the AT&T practicum. The final product included some fresh new ideas.”
– Senior executive at AT&T
Students
The Practicum is an integral part of the CCIMS curriculum, the practicum allows students and participating companies to collaborate on a solution to a current business problem.
The CCIMS Marketing Fellows program gives selected MBA students committed to pursuing leadership in marketing the opportunity to develop their marketing acumen and management skills through a combination of focused curriculum and consulting projects. The Fellows program is student led and managed, with support from CCIMS and Marketing faculty.
Student Organizations such as the Graduate Marketing Network and the American Marketing Association collaborate closely with CCIMS through attendance at conferences and symposiums, sponsoring unique events for CCIMS companies, and offering CCIMS companies the opportunity to judge competitions, etc.
CCIMS also supports other Marketing courses which pursue the mission of the Center by enabling data purchases for analysis, outside speakers and travel related expenses.
"CCIMS events provide faculty valuable opportunities to present ideas and have face time with companies to think about how those ideas fit into their business practice.”
– McCombs marketing faculty member
Faculty
CCIMS identifies the intersection of faculty and industry research interests, encourages collaboration, and enables mutually beneficial outcomes. CCIMS supports faculty research and teaching activities through industry-faculty dialogue and financial support. Funding for research that benefits both industry and faculty and support for attending outside professional conferences is made available to faculty and Ph.D. students.
Faculty & Research
“Our CCIMS sponsorship affords Dell access to world-class marketing research, allows Dell executives to lead classroom discussions and provides us with an ongoing dialogue between students and faculty.”
— Marketing executive at Dell, Inc.
Industry
Sponsorship packages are available at three levels, each offering a broad menu of benefits appealing to a wide range of industry needs. Sponsor companies derive numerous benefits from their affiliation with CCIMS, including student-recruiting opportunities, tailored student projects, collaboration with faculty on research and access to practitioner-driven roundtables on current business challenges in marketing. Sponsorship Overview
Background
Launched in October 1997, the Center for Customer Insight (CCI) was a groundbreaking collaborative effort between the McCombs School of Business and a group of companies that were interested in providing a forum for both students and business executives to master the latest tools, techniques and ideas for building profitable customer relationships. With corporate support CCI was an innovative collaboration that provided both businesses and students cutting-edge knowledge about the changing needs of customers in the global information age. In 2007, the Center for Customer Insight re-launched as the Center for Customer Insight & Marketing Solutions (CCIMS) aligning itself directly with the Department of Marketing.
McCombs
MBA Rankings
| Rank |
Publication |
Date |
| #17 |
Forbes |
08/11 |
| #17 |
U.S. News & World Report |
03/13 |
| #18 (in the U.S.) |
The Economist |
10/12 |
| #18 |
Poets & Quants |
12/12 |
| #19 |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
11/12 |
| #22 (in the U.S.) |
Financial Times |
01/13 |
BBA Rankings
| Rank |
Publication |
Date |
| #7 |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #9 |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
03/13 |
Departments, Programs & Specializations Rankings: Undergraduate
| Rank |
Department/Program/Specialization |
Publication |
Date |
| #1 |
Accounting |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #1 |
Accounting |
Public Accounting Report |
11/12 |
| #2 |
Information Systems |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
05/12 |
| #4 |
Marketing |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #4 |
Management Information Systems |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #5 |
Insurance/Risk Management |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #6 |
Management |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #6 |
Finance |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #6 |
Ethics |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
05/12 |
| #6 |
Supply Chain |
Gartner, Inc. |
06/11 |
| #7 |
Production/Ops Management |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #8 |
Operations Management |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
05/12 |
| #8 |
Real Estate |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #9 |
Entrepreneurship |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #9 |
Quantitative Analysis/Methods |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #10 |
International Business |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #11 |
Business Law |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
05/12 |
| #12 |
Finance |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
05/12 |
| #13 |
Supply Chain Management/Logistics |
U.S. News & World Report |
09/12 |
| #17 |
Corporate Strategy |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
05/12 |
| #20 |
Quantitative Methods |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
05/12 |
