There are serial issues such as lack of clearawarenesswithstrategicmeaning of strategic alliance, shortage of long-termplan, lowlevel of cooperationmanagement, and so on.
David Marshall, a vice president at the Greensboro Partnership, which was formed in 2005 from the merger of Greensboro Economic Development Alliance, Action Greensboro, and the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, says the Partnership has developed a strategicplan that focuses on transforming Greater Greensboro from a traditional manufacturing-based economy to a knowledge-based economy.