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Yake & Associates, Inc. is a discrete incident-management firm that specializes in shareholder protection, loss control, corporate governance, and asset protection in the retail industry. The firm was founded in 1988 and now operates offices in the Northeast and Midwest. The practice was launched initially as an executive search firm, finding suitable candidates to solve the complex business issues facing troubled and/or expanding retail companies. As a result of Thomas Yake's advocacy work for shareholder protection and corporate governance issues, the firm has evolved to its present focus as a discrete incident-management firm. Our clients include institutional investors, law firms and the United States Government/Internal Revenue Service. Yake & Associates, Inc. is dedicated to combating the financial risks that exist in business today. As businesses and organizations attempt to flourish, their risks escalate. Our firm has become particularly focused on the pervasive "business abuse" practices that place investors at inordinate risk and rob shareholders of value. We specialize in issues of inventory shrinkage, an obscure measurement that has become a vehicle for abuse and a contributing factor in the huge number or retail business failures. We recognize a company's ability to succeed is directly related to the way it is governed and managed. Corporate governance is only as effective as those who are hired for key management positions. Yake & Associates, Inc. is the only consulting/executive search firm in the world that provides a complete panoply of services designed to ensure the protection of retail boards of directors, shareholder value and the mitigation of risk for all equity participants/stakeholders.