商务印书馆董事关系网络的结构探源与启示 (1913—1937)

Causes and Enlightenment of the Structure of Directors’ Social Network in the Commercial Press(1913-1937)

从1913年到1937年,商务印书馆历年任职董事编织的关系网络呈现出典型的核心—半边缘—边缘三层次关联体系,子群中董事任职经历异质性较大,网络内部结构洞丰富。网络结构的形成过程犹如水波纹扩张,以内部董事为核心向外一圈圈推散出去,成因是路径依赖下的惯性延伸、社会网络中的同质选择和资源依赖下的董事拣选。由此提出出版企业在董事关系网络的构建过程中要注意有机网络与机械网络结合、同质链接与异质链接结合、效率优化与饱和优化结合三点启示。

From 1913 to 1937,the relationship network woven by the directors serving at the Commercial Press exhibited a typical three-tiered association system of core,semi-peripheral,and peripheral layers.Within subgroups,directors had diverse experiences in their tenures,contributing to a rich internal network structure.The formation process of the network resembled the expansion of water ripples,radiating outward in concentric circles with internal directors at the core.This phenomenon was driven by the inertia extension under path dependence,homogeneous selection in social networks,and director selection based on resource dependence.Consequently,it is suggested that in the process of constructing directorial relationship networks within publishing enterprises,attention should be given to three insights:combining organic networks with mechanistic networks,integrating homogeneous and heterogeneous connections,and balancing efficiency optimization with saturation optimization.