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Allegedly there were isolated precursors before the Netherlands, namely in Toulouse. Granted it really took off in the Netherlands. It seems the concept was invented independantly serveral times.

http://blog.yalebooks.com/2015/08/11/the-worlds-first-corpor...

https://qz.com/219270/bazacle/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazacle_Milling_Company

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03044...