His research and teaching focuses on financial accounting and reporting. Specifically, he values the role that accounting plays in defining relationships between firms. Dr. Bordeman’s dissertation investigated the role of standard setting on financial reporting comparability, a key qualitative characteristic of decision-useful financial reporting. Other projects include: a study of the intra-industry information transfers around mass layoff announcements, the role of accounting regulation on the labor market for corporate directors, and the influence of customer satisfaction on key accounting properties.