Latest University of Pennsylvania: Wharton School news

EMBA degrees are no longer just for the corporate world. Distance learning and sponsorship changes have helped business schools broaden their horizons.

The advancements in online education have had a huge influence on the current business education market – and will help shape its future.

Business schools are turning EMBA students to entrepreneurship. More executives are leaving corporate careers behind and founding start-up businesses.

A growing number of doctors are seeking MBA degrees to enter management jobs in the booming healthcare sector, as more business schools launch joint MD/MDA programs.

Academics are partnering with healthcare companies – developing closer ties between MBAs and the sector, which is experiencing a global hiring surge.

The business education market is being disrupted by new technology, as globally mobile students become savvier about their MBA study locations.

A clique of entrepreneurs is using MBA programs to develop business plans and launch mobile app start-ups – but the sector is starting to wane.

Business services are motoring back to growth as the US economy recovers, with the top US business schools set to reveal huge increases in MBA job offers.

MBA business founders must recruit someone who can make up for weak spots, and business school provides the perfect place to pick your dream team.

Annie Fulton is searching for an MBA that specializes in real estate – giving her the chance to blend her design background with business acumen, hears Alice Riley.