He is a Professor, CSc, PhD, M.Ba, Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Research fields' main directions are strategic management, family-owned business problems, and the collaborative platform-based economy. Member of the Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Chair of the Agrarian Economics Committee of the Agricultural Division of the HAS, in Debrecen Executive Board member of the International MBA Network' AGRIMBA' (2000–2015) Elected President of European Society of Agronomy (2010–2012), Elected president of the Hajdú-Bihar County Division of Hungarian Association of Economists (2014). Editorial Board Member of Delhi Business Review (India), Economics of Agriculture (Serbia), The Annals of the University of Oradea Economic Sciences (Romania), Economic and Regional Studies (Poland), NUML International Journal of Business and Management (Pakistan) Deputy editor of Applied Studies of Agribusiness and Commerce APSTRACT (Hungary, Debrecen). Total number of publications 548, the total number of citations 1224, Hirsch- Index 14.