This paper takes the U.S. Entity List sanctions as an example to construct a configuration framework that connects individual and corporate crisis survival responses. It proposes that corporate action strategies do not rely on a single condition but are determined by the interplay between routines, resources, and the environment. Using the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis method, the study examines the configurational effects of six antecedent conditions: exploratory routines, exploitative routines, technological proactiveness, technological diversification, environmental dynamism, and government innovation subsidies, on the causal complex mechanisms of enterprises adopting fight, shift, and hibernation strategies. The research finds that no single factor is a necessary condition influencing corporate action strategies. It validates the configurations driving enterprises to adopt fight strategies, such as the government empowerment-technology breakthrough and dynamic environment-technology breakthrough configurations; the shift strategy, represented by the stable environment-market migration configuration; and the hibernation strategy, characterized by the government support-action absence configuration. This study expands the research on the driving factors of corporate crisis response strategies and holds significant practical value for enterprise crisis management.