Liege / Bangkok / Dubai / Ostend / Amsterdam / Medellin / Maastricht / Guayaquil / Mwanza / New York / Nairobi / Kunming / Miami / Frankfurt / TAMPA / Brussels / Chicago / Cali / /
Company
Royal Ahold / Florámerica / WalMart / Kenyan Airways / Amazon / Google / Carrefour / /
Continent
Europe / Africa / Asia / North America / South America / /
Country
Switzerland / Rwanda / Senegal / Ecuador / Netherlands / Peru / Egypt / Thailand / Colombia / Kenya / France / Japan / Uganda / Canada / Tanzania / Korea / United Kingdom / China / Israel / Taiwan / Germany / Zambia / Italy / Mexico / Russia / United States / Morocco / Argentina / Spain / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / cent / CNY / /
Event
M&A / /
Facility
El Dorado Airport / World Bank Institute / Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport / Miami Airport / Kenyatta International Airport / /
IndustryTerm
fresh horticultural products / transportation systems / large food chains / airfreight services / flower traders / food products / passenger services / little processing / fresh agro-food products / higher value products / agro-food / manufacturing / supply chain / distribution network / horticultural products / energy crisis / irrigation systems / supermarket chains / storage technology / scheduled air freighter services / scheduled air cargo services / quality assurance systems / post-harvest processing / freighter services / electronics / high-energy costs / integrated food processing / cool chain technology / cold chain / large retail chains / /
NaturalFeature
Lake Naivasha / Andes / Lake Victoria / Bay of Guayaquil / East coast / /
Organization
Kenya Flower Council / U.S. Department of Commerce / Strategic Planning Division / OECD / European Union / World Bank Institute / World Bank / USDA Economic Research Service / /
Person
Maurice Bolo / /
Position
leader in commercial horticulture / General / vegetable farmer / Major / individual fisherman / U.S. businessmen / /
5 CASE STUDIES As discussed in Chapter 1, there are four general categories of air freight: emergency cargo of spare parts, medicines, and so on, as well as courier shipments of documents and samples; high-value, low