Management

There are good experiences and bad experiences. People are good at remembering both, but unfortunately, the human psyche is such that we like to...

This past Fall, a group of specialty audio/video retailers and manufacturers sat down at a conference table and developed the latest strategic plan for...

While the soft economy has resulted in fewer dollars being spent on research and development in many high-tech businesses, there is little evidence that...

Back in the late 1990s, the residential systems industry was only just beginning to seek out the basic management and business training necessary to...

Publish or perish" is the code for survival of every scientist or professor seeking recognition, promotion or financial grants, and it concerns the concept,...

Question: My accountant told me I made money this year. I asked him, "If I made money, where the heck is it?

The word "marketing" and how it applies to an organization means many different things to many different people. Often, managers at small to mid-sized...

With the custom installation market promising continued growth, an increasing number of retail chains are stepping up their efforts when it comes to delivering...

Editor's Note: In our continuing effort to impart the most beneficial management knowledge to custom installation professionals, Residential Systems is launching a regular series...

The quest for knowledge has been around since the beginning of time. One caveman no doubt began training another on how to start a...

Things have picked up for a lot of custom installation companies in the past few months. If companies were already busy, they are now...

When Todd Rosencrans was busy immersing himself in the music culture of the early 1980s, it never occurred to him that he was building...

It's hard to imagine how businesses in the olden days survived without the convenience of integrated computer systems to track inventory, customer orders, accounting...

What happened to specialty distribution? Ten years ago distribution companies were a rarity. Today, virtually every rep company has a distribution arm.

Book Review-Management in a Bottle: How to Start and Effectively Manage your Custom Audio/Video Installation Company by J. Paul Fida Published in 2001 by...

Australia's Len Wallis Audio Takes Home CEDIA's Top Dealer Honor CEDIA's increased international presence was never more apparent than on the night of September...

The Advantage Group (TAG) has been selected by Audioplex Technology to nationally distribute their line of products. By virtue of this association, the alliance...

You know that the cost of labor is killing you, and it makes you mad. So mad, that you start to resent your workers...

CEDIA EXPO 2001, to be held September 5-9, in Indianapolis, Indiana, promises to be this year's hot spot for custom electronics integrators, designers and...

When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was officially launched on January 1, 1994, the governments of the three countries involved--Canada, Mexico and...

In a meeting held recently in Dallas, members of the EDGE Distributors Group assembled for a three-day session to solidify marketing plans for the...

In an effort to streamline its operations, Panja Inc. has reduced its workforce by approximately 10 percent, resulting in the elimination of 47 jobs...

Arlington, VA -- Montgomery College's Gudelsky Institute for Technical Education in Rockville, Maryland, will be the first school in the D.C. area to offer...

It really had never crossed the minds of either one of them. But there they were, two well-respected high-end residential A/V business owners, both...