JCOEF ISSN: 1941-3971 Volume 5, Number 3 © 2014 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. CHARACTERIZATION AND GROUPING OF THE COLOMBIA REGIONS TO DEVELOP OF CLUSTERS: AN APPLICATION OF PICHAT ALGORITHM Fabio R. Blanco Mesa and Anna M. Gil Lafuente Department of Business Administration, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ABSTRACT The present paper has main aim to establish of similarity relationship between each Colombia Regions to development of Clusters. The methodology used is based in Pichat Algorithm, which are be able to establish closer sub-relations of each of characteristic analysed. Results have shown three different structures of groups of regions based with (GRDP) characteristics: Divergent Regions, Big Group and Convergent Regions. We have been concluded that theses grouping could help in policy-makers to development fostering regional cooperation, entrepreneurship, and productivity growth. Likewise, These results can be also to treat with a second technic to establish direct relationship between each of regions studied. Keywords: Regional Development, Clusters, Colombia, Decision Making and Fuzzy Logic 1. INTRODUCTION In the last decades economic liberalization and globalization have been simplified of the barrier trades causing economics are more dependent on each other and a higher degree of uncertainty. Based on the above, the nation have been considering about competitiveness and promoting an economic policy as key factor to boost regional development into global economic context. Hence, competitiveness is subject to ability to develop competitive advantage, which will be a key success factor to regional and business development. Competitive advantage could be developed from differentiation, which is advisable to build from cooperation between governments, companies and academics boosting entrepreneurship to develop clusters. Colombia as emerging economic has been shown a sustained economy growth in last years highlighting productive regions as Bogotá D.C., Cundinamarca, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Medellin and Cali. However, Colombia still needs in areas of improvement in Corresponding author: Tel +34634514053 e-mail: fblancme7@alumnes.ub.edu