Latest Erasmus University: Rotterdam School of Management news

Entrepreneurs were once in a shallow minority at business schools – but corporate managers are flocking to the start-up scene at a rapid pace.

A head at the Royal Academy of Engineering says that quality training is central to the growth of UK start-ups, as online business school programs open up access.

There are signs of a return to more robust financial services recruitment six years after the crisis. Demand for experienced MBA hires is intensifying.

Investment banks have been hit by onerous regulation, falling activity and distrust since the crisis. But the largest lenders continue to hire droves of business graduates.

Business schools have launched more MBA programs in supply chain management with big business to satisfy increasing recruitment demand.

More business schools are producing start-ups, as they employ successful entrepreneurs to provide mentorship and contacts.

A start-up investor has said that business schools are wrong for entrepreneurs, and that devising an academic program for them would be virtually impossible.

A cadre of leading European business schools has climbed upwards in the newest 2015 global MBA rankings.

According to a study by US business school academics, working virtually in teams is just as effective as face-to-face methods.

Disruptive innovation is changing the way people communicate and new technology has opened up remote working – a concept championed at business schools.