state: 'mdm.entity',
    config: {
      url: '/entity/{id}',
      templateUrl: 'app/views/entity.html',
      data: {
        name: 'ENTITY'
      },
      resolve: {
        entity: ['$stateParams', '$http',
          function ($stateParams, $http) {
            return $http.get('entity', {
                params: {
                  id: $stateParams.id
                }
              })
              .then(function (res) {
                // res.name => 'Special Thing'
                return res;
              });
        }]
      }
    }

.then(function (res) {
    // res.name => 'Special Thing'
    $stateParams.name = res.name;
    return res;
});