The Pentagon is one of the World’s largest office buildings in the world, and once you walk through the doors you see that it as if there is a city inside of the building. Numerous amounts of businesses line the halls including grocery stores, RMVs, luggage stores, hair salons and much more. Over 23,000 people work inside this complex and it seems to be a technology cluster in itself. Inside, the businesses are linked directly with their consumers because of their close proximity and the exchange is made easier for everyone. This setup reminds me of the Science Park in Taiwan. In that park there are over 400 technology businesses alone, along with everything else needed to sustain a city. Although, the science parks are much bigger there are some similarities in how everything is confined in one area. This is a great setup for the businesses that are in the Pentagon because they do not face too much competition because of the convenience factor. It is a lot easier for someone that works in the building to make a purchase from them during a lunch break, rather than leave the complex.
I think that the setup of the Pentagon especially enables the US Department of Defense to communicate a lot quicker rather than if they were spread out across Washington DC in different buildings. Even though technology has become very advanced, being able to walk to any part of the building in 7 minutes and communicate with other offices with the touch of a button allows them to exchange knowledge more freely. It also allows for better exchanging of tacit knowledge and an ability to interact without complications.
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