Ali is working with a company that makes custom-designed shoes for its customers. the customers have accepted the product concept, but ali finds that his company is unable to proceed because of a lack of funds. his company has decided to obtain a low-cost loan from a government bank to boost the business. which functional role of the government will ali's company through this process? ali's company is being by the role of the government.

In 911, a group of vikings lead by rollo besieged paris and chartres. after a victory near chartres on 26 august, charles decided to negotiate with rollo. the talks were led by hervé, the archbishop of reims. this resulted in the treaty of saint-clair-sur-epte, which granted rollo and his soldiers all the land between the river epte and the sea. it also granted him brittany, "for his livelihood". at the time, brittany was an independent land which france had not been able to conquer. in exchange, rollo promised the king his loyalty and military assistance when needed. also rollo also agreed to be baptised and to marry gisela, the king's daughter. the territory given rollo is about the same as upper normandy.