Suppose you're in charge of establishing economic policy for this small island country. Which of the following policies would lead to greater productivity in the printing industry? Check all that apply.

A. Encouraging saving by allowing workers to set aside a portion of their earnings in tax-free retirement accounts
B. Sharply increasing the interest rate on student loans to people pursuing advanced degrees in printing
C. Subsidizing research and development into new printing technologies
D. Offering free public education to every worker in the country

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.