Latest University of Cambridge: Judge Business School news

Generous US donation underscores growing push to help MBA students launch and scale start-up ventures.

MBA students opt for remote freelance consulting, which could boost employment and productivity. Businesses turn to sharing economy for lower fees.

Rise of new technologies, squeezed health budgets and rapidly ageing global population spur demand for executives with digital skills.

Business schools partner private and public sector groups to fund female leaders through management training.

Rise of digital technology has prompted focus on innovation. But corporate entrepreneurs face challenges of finance, culture and company politics.

Professional women's networks bloom at top academic institutions, as business community tries to close gender divide.

Global cities court nascent entrepreneurs with offering of capital, talent and support, as business schools help form start-up clusters.

HEC Paris and London Business School on top for Europe. Growing appetite for financial training six years on from global financial crisis.

Long shunned by entrepreneurs, education is emerging as a sector of start-up innovation. More students are launching ventures and schools are pivoting their teaching strategies.

Rate of entrepreneurial take up higher among female MBAs than males, as companies search for gender diversity. But women held back by lack of start-up capital.