СТУДИЈЕ ESSAYS UDC 338:929(497.11)”18/19” 316.663-057.15(497.11)”18/19” Dr Hristo Berov, assistant professor Ориганалан научан рад Faculty of History, Sofa University Примљен 20.08.2016 hristo.berov@gmail.com Прихваћен 02.09.2016 Social profles of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Serbia in the late XIX and early XX Century Abstract: A special moment in development and major argument for the underdevelopment of the Balkan economies in the late XIX and early XX cen- tury is the level of industrialization. Of course, there are differences among the separate countries and each one of them has its specifc characteristics. The best way to reveal the specifc characteristics of the Balkan industrial landscape and development, however, is the comparative analysis of two (or more) economies and their resemblances and differences. The following pa- per analysis the main fgures of the industrial landscape, as a social profle of Serbian industrialists in the late XIX and early XX century, trying to give answers: What is the summarized social profle of the Serbian industrialist and entrepreneur in the late XIX and early XX century? And can we talk about summarized profle at all? Key words: Balkan, Kingdom of Serbia, industrialization, Serbian indus- trialists, social profle It is hard to believe that anyone familiar to the Balkan history and specifcity and to the attempts for explanation of the Balkan characteristics in the modern cen- turies shall be surprised by the statement that the economic reading of the regional development is still seriously underestimated in comparison to political and cultural explanatory schemes. And the reason for the above is that there is no specifc Balkan model, which can attract attention like the Japanese for example, there are no globally signifcant companies, which expanded here thanks to ingenious local managers, there * I would like to express my gratitude to my colleague and good friend Jelena Rafailovic for her advises, remarks and help.