But no, there are no specific discrete transactions that have gone around….
Many web sites simplify a business into very discrete transactions that we then have to cross coordinate ourselves because it is simply easier to specialize and support one type of transaction, scale them en masse, and then replace actual customer service with self-service.
The 20th century product economy was based on discrete, anonymous transactions.
Exchanges could be arrayed along a continuum with discrete market transactions at one end and the integrated firm at the other.
In this paper, the economic and collaborative operation of MMGs is formulated as a unit commitment problem to describe the discrete characteristics of energy transaction combinations among MGs.
It also discusses several types of discrete data, including customer transaction data and sequential data.
Mikls Bergou, Max Wardetzky, Stephen Robinson, Basile Audoly, Eitan Grinspun, "Discrete Elastic Rods," ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2008.
As conventionally formulated, the rule's prototypical subject appears to be a board of directors that, exercising original and undelegated power, makes discrete decisions about particular transactions or other matters.
The combination of contract norms varies according to the nature of the transaction, with the discrete norms being particularly prominent in short-term or spot exchanges, while relational norms are more evident in continuing or long-term contractual relationships.
The bank said an internal investigation had concluded that "questionable activity was isolated to a discrete set of real estate transactions in China".
We are already seeing the arrival of new, nakedly commercial enterprises offering fixed price wills or conveyancing, breaking those transactions down into discrete elements many of which can be provided by relatively unqualified (low-cost) staff supported by specialist legal software.
