How did the crop-lien system contribute to the survival of sharecropping and tenant farming for generations after reconstruction? (5 points) farmers who sought to eventually own land in the same area saw it as a way to save money toward the purchase. it required former slaves to pay back their value as slaves in increments through the sale of crops before being paid. poor farmers had to borrow against the value of future crops for supplies, creating a cycle of debt they could not escape. the system assumed an increasing rate of production, even as the prices were falling and the economy suffered downturns.

Karen is working on classifying all her company’s products in terms of whether they have strong or weak market share and whether this share is in a slow or growing market. what type of strategic framework is she using?

Shawn received an e-mail offering a great deal on music, movie, and game downloads. he has never heard of the company, and the e-mail address and company name do not match. what should shawn do?

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?