Publications

March 1994 (Revised September 1995)
Case

Enron Gas Services

By: Peter Tufano

The CEO of Enron Gas Services (EGS), a subsidiary of the largest U.S. integrated natural gas firm, considers the risks and opportunities of selling a variety of natural gas derivatives, both embedded in gas delivery contracts and as free-standing financial contracts.... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Energy Sources; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry

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Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care

funding rounds, seed, grants, and venture funding. An additional $244M was raised when a Blavatnik Fellow's venture went public. Leadership The Fellowship is led by executive fellow Debra Peattie, PhD, MBA and Tracy Perry, associate... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

support natural disaster response by the National Guard. Sarah also shares how emerging foundational geospatial models will transform adaptation, and she offers career advice for those in climate tech and applied AI. Closing the Loop... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

in the fields of business administration, business economics, and organizational behavior. Class Day remarks were made by Class of 2022 Student Association Co-Presidents Brett Andersen and Irvin Gómez followed View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Gasparini and Peter Tufano 2025 | Working Paper | Faculty Research This research studies business alliances that seek to address climate change, offering empirical evidence to address claims advanced View Details

January 2024
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Net Zero Insurance Alliance: An Alliance in Crisis

By: Peter Tufano and Karina Val

The Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), a UN-convened alliance of major global insurers, was formed in 2021, but by 2023 had lost over 60% of its members. While NZIA had enjoyed a rapid and productive start by setting standards for the industry and sharing best... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Insurance; Standards; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; Cooperation; Insurance Industry

April 2009 (Revised November 2012)
Case

Sermo, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lars Peter Christian Nielsen

Sermo operates the leading online professional network for physicians in the United States. Doctors use Sermo free of charge to post surveys regarding diagnostic and treatment concerns and to discuss these concerns, as well as challenges with managing their practices.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Knowledge Sharing; Two-Sided Platforms; Conflict and Resolution; Social and Collaborative Networks; United States

01 Mar 2010
News

You Have to Save to Win

Playing off the popularity of lottery games, HBS professor Peter Tufano has designed a savings program called “Save to Win,” now being tested at eight credit unions in Michigan. To participate, individuals... View Details

Keywords: Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Employees Build Emergency Savings By: Timothy Flacke and Peter Tufano June 2025 Case TfL Pension Fund and the 2022 Gilt Market Crisis By: Emil N. Siriwardane , Vincent Dessain, Emer Moloney and Carlota Moniz... View Details

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Info Do Fire Sales Create Externalities? By: Sergey Chernenko & Adi Sunderam DEC 2018 How do cash policies affect stock returns? A mutual fund that uses its cash reserves to accommodate outflows will lower the volatility of its underlying holdings View Details

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Student Research - Doctoral

Organizational Behavior 1 results Maria P. Roche Strategy 1 results David S. Scharfstein Finance 1 results Adi Sunderam Finance 1 results Peter Tufano General Management 1 results Charles C.Y. Wang... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Prof’s Dream Comes True

Tufano Tax refunds can now be channeled into the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds, a policy victory for HBS professor Peter Tufano (left), founder and president of the nonprofit... View Details

2008
Working Paper

Using Financial Innovation to Support Savers: From Coercion to Excitement

By: Peter Tufano

We review a wide variety of programs that support savings by families, in particular by low- and moderate-income families. These programs range from ones that literally compel families to save, to those that make it hard not to save, make it easier to save, provide... View Details

Keywords: Saving; Motivation and Incentives; Programs; Income; Personal Finance; Family and Family Relationships; Performance Effectiveness

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Administration Jim Matheson Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Lynn Schenk Director of Business & Environment Initiative George Serafeim Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration Peter View Details

01 Dec 2023
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The Imposter Among Us

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

Administration, Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society Professor Peter Tufano, Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration 10:00 a.m. Case Study Discussion: Jeff Harmening at General Mills On May 25, 2020, George... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Educators Purchase Related Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)." Harvard Business School Case 325-121, April 2025. (Revised June 2025.) Corporate Ownership and ESG Performance By: Belen Villalonga, View Details

October 1995 (Revised July 1996)
Case

Aspen Technology, Inc.: Currency Hedging Review

By: Peter Tufano

The chief financial officer of a rapidly growing U.S.-based software firm that sells its process-control software to industrial users around the globe must review the goals, strategies, and policies of the firm's currency hedging program. This review is prompted by... View Details

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Applications and Software; Investment; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry; United Kingdom; United States