Such a commitment would have the effect of transforming the transaction, for $28 million, from a sale into what is known as an asset-parking arrangement, in which the risks of ownership remained with Enron even as it reported the revenue from the purported sale in its financial statements.
Famously snippy-smart art critic Jerry Saltz has said of him, "With this simple, almost metaphysical gesture, Tiravanija transformed the transaction of being in a gallery as viewers came to realize that the art was in them, not just because they ate it, but because all the relations they had there were theirs.
Whether spending £3 in a sandwich shop or £200 in a restaurant, a warm smile and a keenness to please can transform a functional transaction into a pleasure.
You would therefore want them to be able to conceal, maybe even from themselves, the manipulative and possibly mercenary nature of their relationship with clients, and to transform a business transaction into a friendly quid pro quo.
In the past 25 years, computer applications have transformed financial transactions so that they now happen at lightning speed with far-reaching consequences.
When structural features are transformed into transactions, frequent itemset mining can be used to discover combinations of structural features that occur more frequently than expected.
This tends to transform into good transactions.
"Completion of this transaction will transform Origin," said the managing director, Grant King.
The transaction would transform CVS from being primarily a retailer to becoming the nation's preeminent manager of pharmacy benefits.
What's more, you ought not transform a simple business transaction into a test of personal loyalty.
