Hello, Supercat—and welcome to English Forums. Supercat 'Problem escalation It is not a particular collocation. It just means that the problem gets worse or more problems develop.
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Supercat'Problem escalationIt is not a particular collocation. It just means that the problem gets worse or more problems develop.
deadratI think "problem escalation" is business-babble for procedures to insure that unsolved problems are not left unsolved but are brought to the attention of managers at higher levels.That's a possibility, too.