Value Exchange Companies offer value to different types of counterparties in different markets…..•customers in markets for goods and services; •personnel in the labor market; •business partners in the markets for distribution and supplies; and •investors in the capital market;The value inputs from the counterparties constitute the material and immaterial means for thecompany’s operations, i.e. the wherewithal for the company to generate value.Thus there is a cycle of value exchange between the company and its counterparties.