Partners/Contributors

Peter Farwell, FCA, CFA. Peter has a B.A. (Maths and Physics) from the University of Toronto, and for one year studied philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Peter’s work experience includes being a Partner of the Public Accounting firm of Ernst & Young (formerly, Clarkson Gordon) from 1970 to formal retirement in 1998. During that time Peter managed the Toronto Tax practice for six years, managed a group serving Entrepreneurs, to help them build businesses, for three years and was the leader of the firm’s Canadian services to technology companies for twelve years. Download Peter Farwell’s Resume.

The recent paper on Argentina’s innovative capacity [Download Argentina Arriving] is authored by Paul White: P. Eng., FCMC; President, White & Partners Ltd., Dr. Antonio Arcienaga, National University of Lomas de Zamora, Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Management and, Lic. Conrado Gonzales, Foro do Ciencia y Technologia para la Produccion. 

Joaquim Vila, Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, presents his ideas on “Regenerating the family business for continued success, even in times of crisis”. The experience of Planas, a supplier of the contruction industry in Spain, is presented. Access this interesting paper. Innovation to regenerate family businesses.  

Three ex-employees (White/Hayes/Ferguson) of Massey-Ferguson Ltd., once Canada’s largest industrial enterprise with a global business and 68,000 employees, contribute their insight into some of the reasons for the company’s failure. What role did innovation, or the lack of innovativeness, play in the comany’s demise? Access the Paper; Massey-Ferguson’s Innovativeness?

Should you be interested in a very comprehensive approach to idea management, you will want to check out ‘CRITflow’, a recent release of new system software which has gained traction in Europe (ROCHE, Danone and Zurich are examples of users). ‘CRIT’ stands for Create. Reinvent, Innovate, and Transform. Built on a platform of Microsoft SharePoint 2010, it offers a flexible – you can customize the system – to your own needs. For more information, go to http://www.critflow.com or, if you are in Canada or the U.S., contact us at pcwhite@corporateinnovationonline.com for a preliminary discussion.