Abstract. In a global economy that has as its own competitive advantage the transfer of information and goods around the world in real time, the annexes that surround the ecosystem are the centers for innovation founded on hedge & mutual funds, investment scenarios and the development of biotechnology (for developed countries) or for the development of aircrafts or equipment used for the manufacturing of tangible goods (in emergent countries). For these to create synergy there is the idea of clusters, because they offer to the companies the possibility to change and to add dynamism to the microeconomic open system. Although globalization offers the power of global trading, clusters are found in developed countries with economies that can support multidisciplinary interactions, and their creation must be followed by the emergent countries that want to progress in this area. This paper represents a review and a research in progress on creating competitive poles (or clusters) as a sustainable model for obtaining the competitive advantage.

Keywords: competitive advantage; competitive poles; innovation; knowledge; sustainable model.