5-23. Concept Integration. You’ve developed considerable expertise in setting up new manufacturing plants, and now you’d like to strike out on your own as a consultant who advises other companies. However, you recognize that manufacturing activity tends to expand and contract at various times during the business cycle (see Chapter 2 ). Do you think a singleconsultant sole proprietorship or a small corporation with a half-dozen or more consultants would be better able to ride out tough times at the bottom of a business cycle?