Peter Lotz

My research interest is founded on a deep curiosity for how business activities are changing society from within. The individual company and the specific industry may seem as unique but when millions of companies compete in thousands of industries driven by the same basic forces, societies will change.

Researchers like Smith, Marx, Marshall and Schumpeter each have provided crucial perspectives on these developments, and I am studying selected, actual situations for the general public to better understand and maneuver in an ever-changing world.

My current work pertains to growth of the largest cities in Denmark, at the expense of the country-side and the smaller cities. I argue that more and more companies need to locate in large cities in order to exploit various economies of scale, especially the access to a large and diversified labor market.

This process creates serious regional imbalances which, unless understood and accepted, may cause deep political problems.