o:28394 Sustainable development of the Serbian manufacturing industry en Abstract: Structural changes are crucial for sustainable industrial development. The aim of the paper is to point out that structural changes in the Serbian manufacturing industry should be accompanied by growth in production specialization and the share of high technology products in order to increase competitiveness. For the analysis of structural changes, a comparative method is used, to analyze production specialization, industrial sector specialization index, and for the analysis of competitiveness, the revealed comparative advantage index. The manufacturing industry is the most important sector of the Serbian economy, and, despite growth, specialization in this field is not high, which affects the lack of comparative advantages and uncompetitiveness of this sector on the EU market. The paper can be of assistance to industrial policy makers, in order to determine the best path to sustainable industrial development, using the benefits of production specialization. Project: Role of State in New Growth Model of Serbian Economy (MESTD - 179065) Keywords: structural changes; specialization; competitiveness; sustainable development 1552099 10.5937/ekonomika1804045M 1552101 1350-137X 2023-03-27T13:30:35.199Z 44 no 46 Vladimir Mićić Univerzitet u Kragujevcu Ekonomski fakultet Ljubodrag Savić Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet person 12446567 application/pdf 517668 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:28394 no yes 17 70 92000001 11A03 Ekonomika 64 4 47 55 2018