Richard Mattessich

Richard Victor Alvarus Mattessich (August 9, 1922 – September 30, 2019) was an Austrian-Canadian business economist and Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of British Columbia, known for introducing the concept of electronic spreadsheets into the field of business accounting in 1961,[1][2][3][4] as well as pioneering analytical and philosophical methods in accounting.[5][6]

  1. ^ Mattessich, Richard, and Giuseppe Galassi. "History of the Spreadsheet: From Matrix Accounting to Budget Simulation and Computerization." Accounting and history: a selection of papers presented at the 8th World Congress of Accounting Historians: Madrid-Spain, 19–21 July 2000. Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, AECA, 2000.
  2. ^ McHaney, R. (2000), “Spreadsheets” in Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History, Volume Two, M-Z, in R. Rojas, editor in chief, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pp. 728-9.
  3. ^ Power, Daniel J. "A Brief History of Spreadsheets." DSSResources. COM, World Wide Web, http://dssresources.com/history/sshistory.html, version 3 (2004): 08-30.
  4. ^ Jelen, B. (2005), The Spreadsheet at 25—The Invention that Changed the World, Uniontown, OH: Holy Macro and Independent Publishers Group.
  5. ^ Ryan, Bob, Robert William Scapens, and Michael Theobald. "Research Method and Methodology in Finance and Accounting." (2002).
  6. ^ Pallot, June. "Elements of a Theoretical Framework for Public Sector Accounting." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 5.1 (1992).