数智时代开源社区创新绩效的影响机制研究

doi:10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2025.06.014

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 开源合作如何赋能国际创新网络高质量发展，是数智时代下虚拟社区研发创新面临的重要问题。本文以Github开源社区为例，选取了2019年1月1日到2023年6月30日的项目数据，通过机器挖掘和数据爬取，从59120个数据处理获得606个项目共9090个数据，定量实证地分析了虚拟社区创新绩效的影响要素及机制。研究发现：社会网络视角下网络集群密度正向促进软件创新绩效；互补性合作视角下地理多样性、结构多样性、开放多样性正向调节网络集群密度与创新绩效关系。其中，与实体线下社区强调的地理邻近性相反，开源社区的地理多样性调节作用最大，结构多样性强调多核心的项目治理结构，开放多样性主张以高度开源的软件许可证作为制度设计。本文丰富了社会网络和互补性合作理论研究，为完善开源社区数字治理提供了新的思路和启发。

关键词: 开源合作, Github开源社区, 创新绩效, 社会网络, 互补性合作

Abstract: How open-source collaboration empowers the high-quality development of international innovation networks is a critical issue for R&D innovation in virtual communities in the era of digital intelligence. Taking the GitHub open-source community as an example, this study analyzed the project data from January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2023. Through machine mining and data crawling, a total of 9,090 data entries from 606 projects were extracted and processed from 59,120 raw data points. Based on the quantitative empirical analysis, the study explored the influencing factors and mechanisms of innovation performance in virtual communities. The results showed that from a social network perspective, network cluster density positively contributes to software innovation performance. From a perspective of complementary collaboration, geographic diversity, structural diversity and openness diversity positively moderate the relationship between cluster density and innovation performance. In contrast to the emphasis on geographical proximity in offline physical communities, geographic diversity plays the most significant moderating role in open-source communities. Structural diversity highlights multi-core project governance structures, while openness diversity advocates highly open software licenses as part of institutional design. This study will enrich the theoretical understanding of social networks and complementary collaboration, and offer new insights for improving digital governance of open-source community.

Key words: open-source collaboration, Github open-source community, innovation performance, social network, complementary collaboration

陈晓红周源. 数智时代开源社区创新绩效的影响机制研究[J]. 科研管理, 2025, 46(6): 136-145.

Chen Xiaohong, Zhou Yuan. Research on the impact mechanism on innovation performance in the open-source communities in the era of digital intelligence[J]. Science Research Management, 2025, 46(6): 136-145.

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