Management and Economics are core academic components of every major research university. At UC Merced, undergraduate programs in these areas already serve more than 8% of students, as of Fall, 2013. We propose to go even further, building on current success to create novel and innovative programs for research and education in Management and Economics by taking advantage of strengths in health, resource, spatial organizational and business economics and management in SSHA; in technology, operations, information and service management in SoE; and in sustainability, cognitive science, health science, computation and data science across the campus. Our strategy will create effective programs that advance the campus’s research missions in target areas such as health, the environment, and technology innovation, among others, while at the same time building a unique niche in management of complex, real-world systems. With economies of scope and scale, we can avoid duplication of effort and investments by (a) leveraging Economics faculty to deliver an undergraduate program in Management and Business Economics (MBE) starting in 2014 and a Ph.D. program in Economics starting in 2016; (b) leveraging faculty in Management, Engineering, and Science to develop a unique modular, graduate program in Management of Innovation, Sustainability and Technology (MIST) starting in 2016; and (3) collaborating across campus to focus on excellence in research and education in analytics, value networks, health care, regional development, trade, technology management, environmental management, and service management, bringing new and unique programs in management, economics and related areas together in a new School of Innovation, Management, and Economics (SIME) starting in 2020. This proposal encompasses all Economics and Management related SAF initiatives from Round 1 of this process.