According to Evans, some states foster long-term entrepreneurial perspectives among private elites by increasing incentives to engaging transformative investments and lowering risk. These states may not be immune to using social surplus for the ends of incumbents and their friends rather than those of the citizenry as a whole, but on balance the consequences of their actions promote rather than impend transformation. These states are characterized by high levels of investment in a capable bureaucracy that enjoys 'embedded autonomy' with society. Such states are called:

Robert owns a life insurance policy that he purchased when he first graduated college. it has a $100,000 death benefit and robert pays premiums for it every month out of his checking account. the insurance robert has is most likely da. permanent life insurance o b. term life insurance o c. group life insurance o d. individual life insurance

Which is cheaper: eating out or dining in? the mean cost of a flank steak, broccoli, and rice bought at the grocery store is $13.04 (money. msn website, november 7, 2012). a sample of 100 neighborhood restaurants showed a mean price of $12.75 and a standard deviation of $2 for a comparable restaurant meal. a. develop appropriate hypotheses for a test to determine whether the sample data support the conclusion that the mean cost of a restaurant meal is less than fixing a comparable meal at home. b. using the sample from the 100 restaurants, what is the p-value? c. at a = .05, what is your conclusion? d. repeat the preceding hypothesis test using the critical value approach

Sarah wants to use a suitable forecasting method to forecast the sales of umbrellas at her shop. she knows that her sales are seasonal. which technique of sales forecasting would you suggest to her?