ground-breaking#2
文献から"ground-breaking"が気になりました。Weblioで調べると「草分けの, パイオニア的な」という意味がありました。「画期的な研究」と訳せると考えました。(Ume)
A notable exception to this approach has been the ground-breaking work of Hofstede(1980) who identified four(later five) different cultural dimensions along which societies differ, although it should be noted that his work has been extensively criticized(e.g., Baskerville, 2003).
出典A Review of the Literature on Control and Accountability.