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CSA Research
Market Research
Cambridge, MA 9,123 followers
Market research, consulting, and advisory for global enterprises and language services and technology companies.
About us
CSA Research (formerly Common Sense Advisory) is an independent market research firm. We help companies profitably grow their international businesses and gain access to new markets and new customers. Our focus is on assisting our clients benchmark, optimize, and innovate industry best practices in translation, localization, interpreting, globalization, and internationalization. CSA Research is the only company focused exclusively on the US$49.60 billion dollar business of globalization, localization, interpreting, and translation (see: http://ow.ly/g0Zk50EQKVT). Each year we publish the most comprehensive global market sizing of the industry, ranking the largest global language services and technology companies. We track the industry players and we research the best on- and offline international business practices of Global 3000 companies. Our independent insight and knowledge of service and technology alternatives help clients grow their global business while avoiding costly mistakes. Our research helps CEOs, CIOs, senior marketing executives, international strategists, Directors of Research/Market Intelligence, web developers, and product and localization managers develop and implement the right globalization and localization strategies and/or make smart translation investment decisions.
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- 2001
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- market intelligence, globalization, localization, translation, web globalization, market research, interpreting, ecommerce, global business, and translation management solutions
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📊 Is Your Organization on Track for Global Success? Achieving sustained international growth requires more than ambition—it demands a clear framework for measuring progress and guiding teams across the enterprise. An annual benchmarking approach ensures that every part of the business stays aligned with global goals, helping organizations identify strengths, uncover gaps, and accelerate expansion in a strategic way. Our latest report explores what it takes to implement this kind of assessment and provides insights on how to optimize global operations for long-term success. Read the report: https://hubs.li/Q03cmQyT0 Get your free assessment: https://hubs.li/Q03cmzPy0 #GlobalStrategy #InternationalGrowth #Benchmarking #LocalizationLeadership #CSAResearch by Rebecca Ray
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Manufacturing CEO confidence has taken a sharp hit in Q1 2025, echoing broader economic uncertainty. As CSA Research’s latest findings confirm, this downturn is not just a headline—it has real implications for industries tracking the global economy, including the language services sector. Read more below.
**A Warning Sign? Manufacturing CEO Confidence declines** Manufacturing CEO confidence fell more than 30 percent between January and March 2025 according to Chief Executive’s latest CEO Confidence Index, conducted March 4 and 5, 2025. https://lnkd.in/eeNFT4Wh Comparing these results with those of CSA Research’s quarterly confidence services gives reason for concern. Prior to 2025, Chief Executive had reported a slight upward trend in confidence with a notable dip in March 2024, corresponding to the dip we reported in that quarter. hhttps://lnkd.in/eP9d49vU The Manufacturing CEO confidence sharp downward trend in Q1 is a cause for concern and confirms the finding in our 7th market sizing update that uncertainty could act as a brake on what had previously looked like the start of a recovery for the language services sector. With the industry tracking the broader economy more closely than in the past, Q1 2025 remains a key concern. As uncertainty lingers, CSA Research will continue running quarterly confidence surveys with the same sample to assess the impact of political and economic instability on market sizing. Note: Our past 7 quarterly confidence data and 7 sizing updates clearly demonstrate that any claims by pundits that this industry is immune to recessions and slowdowns are not only misleading—but pose a serious risk to companies’ annual and quarterly planning. https://lnkd.in/eP9d49vU #Manufacturing #LSPs #GCSPs #Confidence
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📉 Q1 2025 Market Forecast: Is Flat the New Normal? The language services market continues to face headwinds as demand for translation services remains weak. Economic uncertainty is leading enterprises to delay spending, creating a drag on industry growth. 🔎 Key insights from our latest forecast: - Translation demand stagnates as enterprises scale back investments. -CEO optimism remains low, reflecting uncertainty about future growth. - Market expansion lags behind previous projections, reshaping industry expectations. CSA Research’s latest report provides critical data to help LSPs and global content providers navigate these shifting market conditions. 📄 Explore more: https://hubs.li/Q03cfTD_0 #MarketForecast #LanguageServices #LSPGrowth #GlobalContent #CSAResearch by Dr. Arle Lommel, Peter Coleman
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Make Informed Decisions About GenAI in Localization Generative AI is transforming the way enterprises handle global content—but how can you ensure quality, security, and efficiency while leveraging its potential? CSA Research’s GenAI Special Program for Buyers equips localization and procurement teams with the insights needed to make strategic, data-driven decisions. 🔹 Understand GenAI’s impact on translation, content workflows, and supplier capabilities 🔹 Evaluate risks and opportunities to ensure compliance and brand integrity 🔹 Benchmark best practices to align AI adoption with business goals Stay ahead of the AI curve with expert research designed for global enterprises. 📄 Learn more: https://hubs.li/Q03c1rS60 #GenAI #LocalizationStrategy #AIinGlobalContent #Procurement #CSAResearch
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📢 AI is amplifying voices—but whose voices? At the UNESCO Paris event, CSA Research CEO Tahar Bouhafs addressed a critical challenge: 🤖 AI has the potential to bridge language gaps, but instead, it risks deepening linguistic inequality. 🔹 17 languages dominate the internet economy—English alone accounts for 48.7% of global eGDP. 🔹 AI training data is even more unequal—English makes up 49.6% of GenAI training data, while 7,000+ languages are entirely excluded. 🔹 The divide is economic as well—people who speak underrepresented languages often face lower digital access and fewer opportunities. What will it take to build AI that truly amplifies every voice? Governments, businesses, and tech providers must create data for more languages, invest in digital infrastructure, and ensure AI serves all communities. #AI #LanguageTechnology #Localization #GenAI #DigitalInclusion #UNESCO
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Build a Smarter GenAI Strategy with CSA Research’s Program for LSPs Generative AI is reshaping the language services industry—are you ready to adapt and thrive? CSA Research’s GenAI Special Program is designed to help LSPs navigate the AI revolution with expert insights, data-driven guidance, and practical strategies. 🔹 Understand how GenAI is transforming translation, localization, and business models 🔹 Get exclusive access to research, benchmarks, and best practices 🔹 Learn how to differentiate your services and stay competitive in an AI-driven market Don't just react to GenAI—lead the change. 📄 Explore the program: https://hubs.li/Q03bT6J30 #GenAI #LanguageTechnology #AIinLocalization #LSPGrowth #CSAResearch
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As knowledge graphs gain traction, organizations are looking for better ways to structure knowledge and reduce AI hallucinations. We’ve been exploring this shift for some time, helping clients navigate the evolving landscape of AI, data strategy, and multilingual content. Our latest research with Mike Dillinger, PhD, dives into how knowledge graphs can support AI with accurate, contextual knowledge. Read more below.
We’re continuing the conversation with clients about knowledge graphs—and I suspect we’ll be talking about them a lot more in the coming years. While they’re not exactly new, they are becoming increasingly relevant – and appearing on corporate wishlists – as organizations struggle with the limitations of traditional databases and the unpredictability of AI-generated content. Databases store data, but knowledge graphs store relationships—a crucial difference when dealing with meaning-rich information. They make it possible to structure knowledge in a way that reflects how humans actually think and enable sophisticated reasoning, rather than forcing everything into rigid tables and keyword searches. One of the most interesting aspects is how they ground AI systems in factual knowledge, reducing the hallucination problem that plagues large language models. The question is: If AI is built on unreliable or incomplete data, how do we expect it to produce meaningful results? Mike Dillinger, PhD and I explored these issues in our latest research, Taming Global Content with Knowledge Graphs (https://lnkd.in/ge5SwYtF). A few key questions that keep coming up: * How do we ensure AI tools work with accurate, contextual knowledge rather than probabilistic guesswork? * How do we build knowledge graphs that actually work across multilingual and multicultural contexts? * What is the role of language professionals in working with what seems like an engineering resource? For those working with AI, content management, or multilingual systems, this isn’t just a technical issue—it’s a strategic one. If we don’t structure knowledge in ways that make sense for both machines and humans, we’ll end up with AI that can generate words but doesn’t understand them. If the goal of language services has always been to transmit knowledge across boundaries of language and place, knowledge graphs should be a core task for LSPs and enterprise language teams. Would be curious to hear how others are approaching this challenge. #KnowledgeGraphs #AI #LLMs #Localization #DataStrategy
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In case you missed it: Don DePalma breaks down the "Festival of the Forecasts" and revisits CSA Research’s top trends shaping 2025. Read more and join the discussion!
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📊 Get the Market Intelligence You Can Trust—All Year Round Understanding the language services and technology market requires more than an annual report. CSA Research tracks the industry quarter after quarter, ensuring businesses have accurate, timely, and data-driven insights to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape. 🔎 Why businesses rely on CSA Research: - Continuous market tracking through quarterly confidence surveys. - Rigorous research methodologies—not just polling or non-representative samples. - Early insights, not rushed data, verified and validated by expert data scientists. 📢 Be part of the research shaping the industry. Take the survey and contribute to the most trusted market intelligence in localization. 📄 Participate now: https://hubs.li/Q03bGlVT0 #MarketIntelligence #LocalizationTrends #LSPGrowth #LanguageTechnology #CSAResearch
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