Figure 1
The flow diagram presents a top-to-bottom literature selection process with four vertical stages labeled on the left margin as “Identification”, “Screening”, “Eligibility”, and “Included”. Under “Identification”, a large rectangular box titled “Search key” contains detailed search strings. Under “Scopus:”, the query reads “TITLE-ABS-KEY(sme asterisk OR “small-medium enterprise asterisk”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(resilien asterisk) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(digital OR digitalization OR digitalisation OR “digital transformation” OR digitization)”. Under “WoS:”, the query reads “(ALL equals (sme asterisk OR “small-medium enterprise asterisk”)) AND ALL equals (resilien asterisk) AND ALL equals (digital OR digitalization OR digitalisation OR “digital transformation” OR digitization))”. Below this, refinement criteria are listed as “Limitation or refinement in field: Business, management, and accounting; economics; social sciences”, “Limitation or refinement in document type: Journal article”, and “Limitation or refinement in language: English”. Counts are listed as “N (Scopus): 99”, “N (W o S): 113”, and “N total: 212”. A downward arrow leads to the screening stage. Under “Screening”, a box labeled “Duplicate Exclusion” shows “N: 149”. A rightward arrow leads to another box labeled “Editorial and Commentary Article Exclusion”, which shows “N: 135”. A downward arrow then leads to the eligibility stage. Under “Eligibility”, a large box titled “Full Paper Review” presents the criteria. “Inclusion criteria:” is followed by “1. Articles that investigate the factors influencing business resilience and consider digital transformation as one of the critical factors of S M E resilience”. “Exclusion criteria:” is followed by “2. Articles that discuss resilience in a specific context, such as green sustainability, supply chain resilience, etc., instead of business resilience” and “3. Articles that do not investigate a clear concept of business resilience are excluded from the collected articles”. At the bottom of this box, it states “N (included documents): 80”. A downward arrow leads to the final stage. Under “Included”, a final box labeled “Eligible article included” shows “N: 80”.PRISMA Article Selection Protocol. Source: Authors’ own work