Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs

The following table summarizes the impact on MRV's results of operations of recording share-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2014		2013
Cost of goods sold		$20		$17
Product development and engineering	23		10
Selling, general and administrative	104		192
Total share-based compensation expense (1)		$147		$219

(1) Income tax benefits realized from stock option exercises and similar awards were immaterial in both periods.