Virtual Organization Business Analysis In today's business world, companies are established and created as demand for their particular specialty increases. The demand for these specialties can come from a multitude of influences. These influences include economic, governmental, and legal. There are five particular businesses that were founded due to the influences discussed above. I will talk about each of these businesses, the major economic, governmental, and legal influences that have affected each of them, and my opinion on which business influences have had the greatest impact on them.Huffman TruckingHuffman Trucking is a national transportation company and has approximately 1,400 employees working in 4 locations ranging from Los Angles, California to Bayonne, New Jersey with the main maintenance facility in Cleveland, Ohio. The key economic influence for Huffman is increasing annual revenues and customers. The government's influence is that during World War II there was a strong “demand for transportation services between factories in the Mid-West and from factories to port on the East Coast” (2008). H. Huffman, the founder of Huffman Trucking, expanded his company to 16 tractors and 36 trailers thanks to the US government, thus creating a business relationship that still exists today. The legal influence is mainly to review the multiple types of contracts to include lease, purchase and shipping. Kudler Fine Foods“Kudler Fine Foods is a local upscale specialty food store located in the San Diego metro area. The company has three locations (La Jolla, Del Mar and Encinitas). Each store has approximately 16,000 m2 of retail space located in a trendy shopping center” (2008). The key economic influence for Kudler is to create a one-stop shop for gourmet dining so that customers don't have to go from one part of town to another to find everything they need to cook their meal. Other key economic influences include the expansion of services, a frequent shopper program, which will increase revenue, and increased efficiency. Kudler's legal influence consists of having clients' accident, tax and lease attorneys. As for government influences, there are none. McBride Financial Services McBride Financial Services specializes in home purchase and refinancing loans. Their mission is "to be the leading provider of low-cost mortgage services using cutting-edge technology in the five-state area of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota” (2008).
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