Mineral raw materials, supply chain, mining industry, sourcing process, extraction process, exploration process, modeling, SCOR model, DCOR model. - The mining industry is essential for manufacturing because it provides the basic materials for the related value-adding processes. Deep integration...

We provide a comprehensive survey of the recent literature on the link between productive government expenditure and economic growth. Starting with the seminal paper of Robert Barro (1990) we show that an understanding of the core results of the ensuing contributions can be gained from the study...