“…Some scholars have emphasized the importance of firm resilience in sustainable development and realized the irreplaceable role of digitalization for enterprises to withstand the crisis and recover quickly (Gayed and El Ebrashi, 2022; Ge et al ., 2022; Li et al ., 2022a, b, c; Sobaih et al ., 2021; Xia et al ., 2022a, b). However, these studies are still inadequate (Bürgel et al ., 2023; Bustinza et al ., 2019; Li et al ., 2022a, b, c). Existing literature only concentrates on a single dimension of digital technology (Guan et al ., 2022), organization networks and resources, availability on firm resilience (Xie et al ., 2022; Zhang et al ., 2022a, b, 2023), ignoring the roles of digital capabilities and knowledge search.…”