Linda Vincent is an Associate Professor in the Accounting Information and Management department. Prior to joining Kellogg in 1999, Professor Vincent was an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Professor Vincent’s research interests are in the areas of financial reporting and capital markets with a focus on business combinations, divisive restructurings, real estate, pensions, and the informativeness of financial reporting data for securities returns under different information environments and capital structures.

Professor Vincent has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Accounting Horizons, and the Journal of Accounting Research. She is an ad hoc reviewer for The Accounting Review; Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance; Real Estate Economics; Review of Accounting Studies; and the Review of Financial Studies.

Professor Vincent was awarded the Chairs’ Core Course Teaching Award in 2000 and the Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award in 2001, 2003, and 2007. She received an MBA in Accounting and Finance from Kellogg and a PhD in Accounting from Northwestern University.

Capital markets; financial reporting; corporate restructuring including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; role of accounting information in firm valuation; economic impact of changes in accounting standards; valuation. 

• PhD, Accounting, Northwestern University
• MBA, Accounting, Finance, Northwestern University, Beta Gamma Sigma, Distinction, Distinguished Scholar
• BA, Social Sciences, Northwestern University

• Associate Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1999-present
• Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1998-1999
• Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1994-1998
• Instructor, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1993-1994

• Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, Kellog School of Management, 2006-2007, 2005-2006, 2002-2003, 2000-2001
• Chairs, Kellog School of Management, 1999-2000
• Outstanding Faculty, Business Week, 1998-1999

• Editorial Board, Accounting Horizons, 2003-2007
• Editorial Board, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2003-2009
• Editorial Board, Journal of Accounting Research, 1998-2001

Financial accounting; financial statement analysis; investment management

Research (ACCT-590-0)
Independent investigation of selected problems pertaining to thesis or dissertation. May be repeated for credit.

Field Study (FINC-498-0)
Field Studies include those opportunities outside of the regular curriculum in which a student is working with an outside company or non-profit organization to address a real-world business challenge for course credit under the oversight of a faculty member.

Securities Analysis (FINC-463-0)
This course focuses on the valuation of publicly traded equity securities. The tools and techniques include fundamental analysis ("bottoms-up," firm-level, business and financial analysis), preparation of pro forma financial statements, estimation of free cash flows and application of valuation models. The firm's financial statement data constitute a major input to the valuation process. We use cases to illustrate and apply these techniques in several different settings, although this is not a "case course." The goal of the course is to provide students with a strong theoretical and applied understanding of the valuation of equity securities.

Asset Management Practicum II (FINC-457-0)

**This course was formerly known as FINC-934-0**

Students enrolled in this sequence of courses will manage a portion of the Kellogg School's endowment. The courses will combine investment theory with exposure to leading practitioners. Students will rotate across roles of industry analysts, hedge fund fund-of-funds managers, traders, quantitative analysts, and portfolio managers. Students must take three of the four AMP courses: FINC-456, FINC-457, FINC-458, or FINC-459.

Recommended prerequisite: FINC 431 Finance II or FINC 440 Accelerated Corporate Finance

Co-requisites: Practicum students have the following additional requirements.

1) For their first quarter of the practicum, students must have taken or be simultaneously registered for one of the following classes: FINC 442: Financial Decisions; FINC 444: Value Investing; FINC 448: M&As, LBOs and Corporate Restructuring; FINC 463: Security Analysis; FINC 477: Global Entrepreneurial Finance, or ACCT 451: Financial Reporting and Analysis (or have the requirement waived by Professor Vincent). 2) Before graduation: either FINC-950 (Capital Markets) or FINC-465 (Derivative Markets I).

Accounting For Decision Making (ACCT-430-0)
This course acquaints students with the process used to construct and understand the financial reports of organizations. The objective is to understand the decisions that must be made in the financial reporting process and to develop the ability to evaluate and use accounting data. Emphasis is placed on understanding the breadth of accounting measurement practices and on being able to make the adjustments necessary for careful analysis. The course highlights the linkages between accounting information and management planning, and decision making and control. Course sections that end in "H" will be taught in a format that combines the convenience and flexibility of online learning with the social and instructional benefits of face-to-face classroom experiences. Online sessions are conducted synchronously with classmates and faculty.

Prior to beginning ACCT 430, students are required to complete a prep course based on their specific academic program.

Evening and Weekend Students are required to complete this Accounting Essentials Prep Course

1Y and MMM students are required to complete this Accounting Essentials Prep Course

2Y students are required to complete this Accounting Essentials Prep Course