He was born in Radom on June 29, 1948. He graduated in Economy at the University of Warsaw (1971), where he also obtained his doctorate (1976) and his habilitation (1989). He received the title of Professor in 2005. He has been working at GUT since 1971.

Between 1991 and1993 he was a director of the Institute of Economic Sciences and Humanities at GUT. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Management and Economics in the years 1993-1999 and 2005-2012, and the Head of the Department of Economic Sciences in 1999-2000 and 2014-2016.

His field of interest is the economics of small and medium-sized enterprises. He is the author of about 100 scientific publications. He headed the four editions of the Pomeranian Economic Observatory. Winner of two awards of the Department of Social Economy and Public Benefit, two awards of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, several prizes of the Rector.

He has promoted 19 PhD. students.

He was the initiator of English-language studies and of foreign student recruitment for the Faculty of Management and Economics.

Previously a member of the Economics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2007-2012), expert (2005-2008) and member of the National Accreditation Commission (2008-2011), member of the board of the Gdańsk Branch of the Polish Economic Society.

Currently a member of the Scientific Research Centre of the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, of the Council of the Historical Museum of Gdansk, of the team of advisors for "Pomerania Employers", and of the Council "Study of conditions and directions of spatial development of the city of Gdansk."

He is also the author of approximately 200 journalistic articles and more than 1,000 columns "Cruises on the economy" in the "Dziennik Bałtycki." He is a member of the Rotary Club of Gdańsk-Sopot-Gdynia. Since 2000 ha has been organising the competitions for the Prize of Małgorzata Dominiak for the best biology students from the province of Pomerania.

He was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit, Medal of the Commission of National Education, the Gold Medal of the Polish Economic Society, Medal of "Solidarity", the Medal "Rebels at the Gdańsk University of Technology 1945-1989", Medal of Paul Harris Fellow.