Common use of Research Methodology Clause in Contracts

Research Methodology. With the four research questions in mind, this study follows a research method- ology that consists of five stages. They are: (1) an evaluation of the state of art of the communication technologies and its expectations; (2) a literature review and an analysis of the legal framework, (3) the evaluation of models from other jurisdictions, (4) providing building blocks for a new legal frame- work, and (5) developing a method of determining responsibilities and liabil- ities. To be more specific and by combining the five methodological stages into a research program in which we relate the stages with the RQs, we may provide a scheme (see Figure 1.1).