Duckworth consulting has compiled the following information related to its abc system for last year: this year, duckworth expects company-wide overhead to decrease by 8%. however, the firm expects the same activity-based overhead rates for all three activities, and it does not anticipate a change in its number of partner hours or number of direct professional hours. given this information, what is duckworth’s expected revenue for the year ahead?
a : $386,800.
b : $496,000.
c : $342,000.
d : $598,000.

Michael works in an it firm that is well known for making innovative products. michael is asked to develop a product that would serve an unmet need. though he has many ideas for it, none of them quite fits the bill. he finally decides to stand back from the problem for a period of time and ceases to consciously think about the yet-to-be-developed product. after a week, as he looks over his notes, he realizes the solution. the period of time in which michael did not consciously work on the problem is referred to as