“…The paper then dimensionalizes innovation impact by introducing the terms reach, significance, and paradigm change that can be used to identify enabling and progressive innovations. The identified dimensions of reach, impact, and paradigm change stem from the integration of literature that focuses on describing societal impact across fields such as government, business, science, technology, and engineering [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] and in-depth reviews of historical innovations [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] to establish new links between impact and innovation. Emphasis is placed on reviewing cases that do not have a commercial orientation to underscore the importance of becoming effective at describing innovation regardless of the nature of the innovative activity (e.g., research, development, commercialization).…”