Developing Design PropositionsDenyer, D., Tranfield, D., & Van Aken, J. E. (2008). Developing design propositions through research synthesis. Organization studies, 29(3), 393-413.
This paper discussed how design-oriented research synthesis provides a vehicle for addressing fragmentation and increasing the chances of application. It also explores how the development of design propositions can result from synthesizing previously published research and illustrate this with the design of high-reliability organizations.