Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS)

Apr 2, 2020

41 Participants Complete the Executive Farm Management Program

The Executive Farm Management’s 2020 program has seen 41 individuals across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia become exposed to new tools in areas of strategy.

Feb 7, 2020

Poole’s Michelle Grainger Gives Keynote Speech at FoodCon 2020

Poole's Michelle Grainger spoke on the importance of agriculture in the North Carolina economy at the 2020 FoodCon.

Dec 12, 2019

Poole’s Michelle Grainger to Speak at TEDxCaryWomen on Dec. 13

Poole College of Management's Michelle Grainger, director for the Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS), will be speaking on Friday, December 13 at the TEDxCaryWomen event.

Mar 5, 2019

Poole’s Paul Mugge Discusses CIMS and Innovation in Business

The Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS) was originally established in 1984 in Leigh University as a small, but influential think tank and has since been moved to NC State’s Poole College of Management since 2000. Today, CIMS is run by Executive Director Paul Mugge and he has been focusing on what he calls the “three…

Paul Mugge, CIMS executive director, discusses next steps of the project with ACA members during an August 2018 progress update meeting at NC State.

Oct 1, 2018

CIMS-led Project Builds on IBM Watson Technology to Advance Sustainability in Coatings Industry

CIMS team is applying NC State’s data science expertise to help American Coatings Association achieve sustainability goals

Rakesh Ravi, data scientist in the Center for Innovation Management Studies at the NC State Poole College of Management

Sep 21, 2018

Rakesh Ravi joins CIMS as Data Scientist

Rakesh Ravi applies his love of connecting things to new role as data scientist with Poole College’s Center for Innovation Management Studies