Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

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 endedMarch 31, 2015, and 2014 (in thousands):

	2015		2014
Cost of goods sold	$	30	$	20
Product development and engineering	49		23
Selling, general and administrative	133		104
Total share-based compensation expense (1)	$	212	$	147

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