If you just want =Yes you have to change your formula a bit:
=CONCATENATE("=";"Yes")

You could also use: ="="&"Yes"

If you want ="Yes" the formula should be
=CONCATENATE("=";"'";"'";"Yes";"'";"'")


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I need for this :

="Yes"

to appear in a cell. That cell is used in turn as part of a DCOUNT
forumla to describe a set of criteria

my problem is if I enter

="Yes" in that cell what actually appears is simply

Yes

The only other way I can think is to abuse CONCATENATE e.g.

=CONCATENATE("="Yes"")

but there are too many quotes.

I'm guessing there's a syntax issue to resolve, but can't figure it out?