INDUSTRIALIZATION - Quantitative Framework, Technological Dimension and the Future we Cannot Ignore

Petar B. Petrović

doi:10.7595/management.fon.2014.0006

Petar B. Petrović Belgrade University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7595/management.fon.2014.0006

Abstract

The paper presents some results of the research that has been systematically conducted over a long period at the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia (AINS) in the area of modern industrial and especially manufacturing technologies, as well as interactions among engineering sciences, technology and the society. The issue of industrialization is closely connected with this research and it is in this context that fresh insights are offered into industrial development, ones that are essentially different from the prevailing stereotypes that have for years been dominant in the management of the economic system in Serbia. Following the introductory chapter that gives a short review of the genesis of Serbian industry, the author offers a view of the industrial system through three chapters: 1) Industrial system of Serbia – Quantification, problems and implications; 2) Restoration and recovery framework – Industrial policies and strategic framework for fast and sustainable exiting the crisis condition; and 3) New industry of Serbia – Serbian industry transformation in the context of European integration processes, the future context (factories of the future), challenges and needs, where special attention is paid to the analysis of the problem of science pragmatization and its active part in the process of industrialization in the framework of the vertical and horizontal technology transfer, as part of the European integrations of Serbia.

Author Biography

Petar B. Petrović, Belgrade University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Petar B. Petrović is full professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade. He received his PhD degree in 1994 in the field of production engineering, manufacturing technology and robotics. Since 1984 he has been employed at the Production Engineering Department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade. He was an active participant in over 40 development projects of cooperation with the economy of Serbia, on the tasks of new technology implementation and manufacturing processes modernization. He published over 150 papers in national and international journals and at scientific and expert conferences. Mr Petrović is a full member of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia – AINS, where he manages the programme of the National Technology Platform of Serbia, NTPS Program, which is a strategic priority and hence a constituent part of the current Strategy of industrial development of Serbia from 2010 till 2020. He is married and has three children.