Activities of a Municipality in the Field of Local Entrepreneurship Development: a Case Study of the Rzeszów Functional Urban Area

Abstract

This article evaluates the actions of local authorities in the municipalities of the Rzeszów Functional Urban Area (Rzeszów FUA) in terms of development of entrepreneurship potential from 2010 to 2021. First, it describes local economic activity and the labor market; it then introduces the synthetic measure that presents the level of entrepreneurship potential in the municipalities of the Rzeszów FUA. The municipalities are then classified into several groups depending on their levels of entrepreneurship potential. Actions pursued by the authorities of individual municipalities in the field of entrepreneurship development are also analyzed. The research demonstrates that the development of entrepreneurship is very intensive; it also identifies disproportions in the development of entrepreneurship between various municipalities.