None of the three large companies will go out of business if the government does not regulate the manufacture of the product.

It would cost more to convert the production lines of the small companies to a new set of manufacturing specifications than it would to convert the production lines of the large companies.

Industry lobbyists will be unable to dissuade the government from regulating the industry.

Assembly of the product produced according to government manufacturing specifications would be more complex than current assembly procedures.

None of the seven small companies currently manufactures the product to a set of specifications that would match those the government would institute if the industry were to be regulated.