investigating the impact of empowerment on entrepreneurship with emphasis on social innovation in informal settlements in tabriz

Purpose: the current research aims to investigate the impact of empowerment on entrepreneurship with an emphasis on social innovation in informal settlements. methodology: this research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of method. the primary tool for collecting information is interview and questionnaire. the statistical population of the research is the khalilabad neighborhood of tabriz city. thus, in the exploratory interview phase, ten experts in the field of entrepreneurship and human resources were used to design the conceptual model and to analyze the statistical model from among the statistical population (the number of active population of 10 years and older in khalilabad neighborhood) 352 people were used according to cochran's calculation formula. in order to analyze the findings of the research, structural equations technique, partial least squares approach has been used. findings: based on the information analysis findings, empowerment's impact on social innovation is positive and significant, with a path coefficient of 0.962. the effect of empowerment on entrepreneurship with a path coefficient of 0.251 and the effect of social innovation on entrepreneurship with a path coefficient of 0.166 is positive and significant. also, the results show that economic factors (path coefficient 0.449), technical (path coefficient 0.116), socio-cultural (path coefficient 0.156), and managerial factors (path coefficient 0.10) also have a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurship. originality/value: an informal settlement is a housing that does not comply with legal and regulatory frameworks and is established in cities, which can be informal at several levels.