The purpose of this article is to analyze how multinational corporations transfer knowledge to their local suppliers. We present the results of a survey of 121 US multinational subsidiaries in Brazil. In the first stage of the research we identify the different transfer methods. In the second stage we analyze each transfer method in order to define the source company’s strategic objectives behind the transfer. With the results of this research, we intend to provide definitions of transfer methods and to highlight the strategic interests of the transfer for the source company.